underdevelopedadjective
uk/ˌʌn.də.dɪˈvel.əpt/us/ˌʌn.də.dɚˈvel.əpt/C2 (especially of a country) without modern industry or modern services that provide transport, hospitals, etc.:
an underdeveloped country
It's in the poorer, underdeveloped eastern region of the country that the biggest problems exist.
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Economics
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