undeveloped

adjective

un·​de·​vel·​oped ˌən-di-ˈve-ləpt 

-dē-

: not developed : lacking in development

undeveloped natural resources

undeveloped potential

undeveloped film

undeveloped seeds

: such as

a

: not used for building, farming, industry, etc.

undeveloped land

an area of undeveloped wilderness

b

: having a relatively low level of industrialization and standard of living

undeveloped countries/nations

Examples of undeveloped in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Listen to this article After years of controversy over the future of the Park Hill Golf Course, city officials say the vast piece of undeveloped land in northeast Denver will open to the public as a park this summer under the terms of a land-swap deal with the developer that owns the site. —Elliott Wenzler, The Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2025

In the early hours of Jan. 15, 1947, 22-year-old Elizabeth Short was brutally murdered and then left on the side of the road in an undeveloped Los Angeles neighborhood. —Alex Gurley, People.com, 15 Jan. 2025

The suit enumerates a number of similarities between Woodall's undeveloped script and Moana and Moana 2. —Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 13 Jan. 2025

The undeveloped coastline north of the town provides miles of peaceful sand to explore. —Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1736, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

undeveloped

adjective

un·​de·​vel·​oped ˌən-di-ˈvel-əpt 

: lacking in development : not developed

physiologically undeveloped