UNDERDEVELOP

underdevelop

(verb) process (a film or photographic plate) less than the required time or in an ineffective solution or at an insufficiently high temperature; “These photos are underdeveloped”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

underdevelop (third-person singular simple present underdevelops, present participle underdeveloping, simple past and past participle underdeveloped)

To develop insufficiently.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

31 January 2025

DISPERSION

(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”


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Coffee Trivia

In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.

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