adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an underdeveloped country (= poor and developing more slowly than others )
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The disease still exists, mainly in underdeveloped countries.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
country
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However, he is not so undiplomatic as to resist the horrendous hospitality of overindulgent underdeveloped countries .
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This pole excludes underdeveloped countries from any participation.
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I presume you wish to help underdeveloped countries but I fear you could do them considerable harm.
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The West creates its power through military research, which forces underdeveloped countries to become passive consumers.
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The high rates of unemployment so characteristic of underdeveloped countries make women especially vulnerable.
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They are sometimes, especially in underdeveloped countries , illiterate.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The baby weighed only 1.4 pounds and had underdeveloped lungs.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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In other words, there have been more military coups in underdeveloped than in developed countries.
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Its leadership would be concentrated in more and more reduced elites from developed countries and in consistent minorities from the underdeveloped .
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She still needs oxygen for her underdeveloped lungs and needs several different drugs every day.
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The debate about who should pay what tax in the underdeveloped world has moved centre stage.
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The West creates its power through military research, which forces underdeveloped countries to become passive consumers.
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We are a poor, underdeveloped nation.