underdevelop

Other forms: underdeveloped; underdeveloping

Definitions of underdevelop
  1. 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”
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    type of:
    develop
    make visible by means of chemical solutions
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