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

What is a word for undeveloped?

underdeveloped, primitive, backward, abortive, embryonic, half-baked, inchoate, incipient, inexperienced, latent, potential, primordial, untaught, untrained, behindhand, unprogressive, ignored, unevolved.

What does it mean when something is underdeveloped?

1 : not normally or adequately developed underdeveloped muscles underdeveloped film. 2 : having a relatively low economic level of industrial production and standard of living (as from lack of capital) underdeveloped nations.