underdeveloped world
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunderdevelopedandworld
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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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world
noun
uk/wɜːld/us/wɝːld/
the earth and all the people, places, and things ...
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(Definition ofunderdevelopedandworldfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The senator noted that, in the postwar world, the whole concept of foreign aid, especially to theunderdevelopedworld, was relatively new.
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The chronic poverty and deprivation of so much of theunderdevelopedworldare a slur on the name of civilisation.
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The developed nations have not been insensitive to the needs of theunderdevelopedworld.
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I do not doubt the difficulties that world banking and the developed world face over the problems of the nations of theunderdevelopedworld.
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The first is that the climate in theunderdevelopedworldis now of preparation to accept and face up to the issue.
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They say that only a small percentage of overseas investment goes to theunderdevelopedworld.
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One is the nuclear option, which is not only dangerous but, in the political and socio-economic context of much of theunderdevelopedworld, totally unrealistic.
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The truth is that theunderdevelopedworldwill face even more misery than it does now.
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We are deeply conscious of the desperate needs of theunderdevelopedworld.
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Private capital goes overseas and to theunderdevelopedworldbecause it believes that it can obtain a good return.
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To pauperise some of theunderdevelopedworldin order to help another part will not achieve anything.
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Examples are to be seen all over the world, especially in theunderdevelopedworld.
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Is not it true that developed countries are contributing to the long-term problems in theunderdevelopedworldby selling arms there?
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Those instances demonstrate repeatedly to the peoples of theunderdevelopedworldthat we have dual standards.
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But that would not be of immediate help for certain types of women in theunderdevelopedworld.
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We have to face this problem of the adaptation of our industries if we seriously intend to help theunderdevelopedworld.
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The amount that the developed world gives to theunderdevelopedworldis very little.
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We compound the problems, because in good times we lend theunderdevelopedworldshort-term money for long-term problems.
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This is an interesting debate because it reflects the attitudes of the developed world to theunderdevelopedworld.
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Does she accept that that continues to stifle economic recovery in both the developed and theunderdevelopedworld?
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