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undeˈveloped, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
That has not developed or been developed.
1736Thomson Liberty iv. 224 Where undevelop'd lay The future wonders that enrich'd mankind. 1817Lady Morgan France viii. (1818) II. 381 Those profounder feelings..remained cold and undeveloped. 1850Grote Greece ii. lxvii. VIII. 459 Of all this, the undeveloped germ doubtless existed in the previous epic..composition. 1870Dickens E. Drood iii. 18 Triumphs of engineering skill..are to change the whole condition of an undeveloped country. 1897M. Kingsley W. Africa 659 A black man is no more an undeveloped white man than a rabbit is an undeveloped hare. 1911H. F. Howard India & Gold Standard p. iii, Conditions in India, as in other undeveloped countries, differ from those in the more advanced countries.
2. spec. of a film.
1939Emanuel & Dash All-in-One Camera Bk. 133 Once they have been exposed, colour films should not be left undeveloped too long. 1959W. S. Sharps Dict. Cinematogr. 137/2 Undeveloped, the term applied to film that has not yet passed through the development stage of processing. 1983D. Francis Danger iii. 39 It was..routine to send the undeveloped films..to the London office. |