underdevelopment

Noun
  1. State of inadequate development (synset 114446672)
    "much poverty can be traced to the underdevelopment of industry"
    is a type of: development - a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess)
  2. (photography) inadequate processing of film resulting in inadequate contrast (synset 113592244)
    referred to in: photography, picture taking - the act of taking and printing photographs
    is a type of: developing, development - processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible

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