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Underdevelopment

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

The condition of being underdeveloped.

countable, uncountable

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Examples

Drawing on insights from thinkers such as Karl Marx, Aimé Césaire and Mahatma Gandhi, they pointed out that underdevelopment in the global South was not a natural condition, but a consequence of the way Western powers had organised the world system over hundreds of years.”

CEFR level

C2
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This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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