underdeveloped nation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunderdevelopedandnation
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underdeveloped
adjective
uk/ˌʌn.də.dɪˈvel.əpt/us/ˌʌn.də.dɚˈvel.əpt/
(especially of a country) without modern industry or modern services that provide transport, ...
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nation
noun
uk/ˈneɪ.ʃən/us/ˈneɪ.ʃən/
a country, especially when thought of as a large group of people living in one area with their own government, language, ...
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(Definition ofunderdevelopedandnationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Rather, they championed capitalism, but from the perspective of anunderdevelopednation.
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There are no grandiose ideas, no ideas leading to the industrialising of the whole of anunderdevelopednation.
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One of the reasons is that we are almost like anunderdevelopednationindustrially, and we are responding in that way.
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We are not historically or culturally anunderdevelopednation.
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If anunderdevelopednationhad ample capital supply and scarce factors, it would not be classified as "underdeveloped" at all.
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Other strains of the organism serve as the aetiological agents for blinding trachoma, still the leading cause of preventable blindness in underdeveloped nations.
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By such a process all underdeveloped nations would achieve economic maturity.
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We are a poor,underdevelopednation.
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I cannot understand why we are adopting a system which will restrict world trade and harm the underdeveloped nations.
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These may well include developed nations and not only underdeveloped nations.
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The first great divide between the developed and underdeveloped nations of the world was the first two agricultural revolutions.
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Yet these underdeveloped nations are not homogeneous; they exhibit wide differences of character.
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The point at issue is how the underdeveloped nations can benefit from the totality of the royalties.
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First, we believe that this is one of the best ways of helping underdeveloped nations.
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You should have bought it for the underdeveloped nations.
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That is why we see their products on the streets of this country and virtually every other developed nation as well as underdeveloped nations.
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All nations will need more energy and, particularly, some of the underdeveloped nations of the world.
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There is no easy answer for developed nations, and certainly none for the underdeveloped nations.
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The best hope for the most underdeveloped nations is the existence of reasonable quotas which give them a chance to have some access to the market.
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Then we can start to play our part in trying to help the underdeveloped nations and trying to get all the developed nations to give more help.
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