Noun
underdevelopment (countable and uncountable, plural underdevelopments)
The condition of being underdeveloped.
The failure of credit markets is one of the major reasons for underdevelopment. George Akerlof
Instead of sustainable development we are in the throes of sustainable underdevelopment. Source: Internet
Africans themselves don’t think much of themselves, their peoples and their land, and have, for the most part, contributed to the continuing underdevelopment, chaos and anarchy that have come to characterize the continent. Source: Internet
Instead of paying their hard-won independence with services, they are dragged back to abject poverty and underdevelopment. Source: Internet
There was a time I my state, Ebonyi as the 36th in the list of states in Nigeria, owing to the level of underdevelopment of the state. Source: Internet
The current underdevelopment and high rate of illiteracy that are now engulfing Caribbean communities cannot continue to be listed as a mere scholarly abstraction. Source: Internet