| Main Entry: | undeveloped |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | immature |
Synonyms: |
abortive, backward, behindhand, embryonic, half-baked, ignored, inchoate, incipient, inexperienced, latent, potential, primitive, primordial, unactualized, underdeveloped, unevolved, unprogressive, untaught, untrained |
Antonyms: |
adult, developed, grown, mature |
| Main Entry: | backward |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | slow in growth |
Synonyms: |
arrested, behind, checked, delayed, dense, dull, feeble-minded, imbecile, late, moronic, stupid, subnormal, underdeveloped, underprivileged, undeveloped |
Antonyms: |
developing, fast, intelligent, smart |
| Main Entry: | crude |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unrefined, natural |
Synonyms: |
amateurish, callow, coarse, green, harsh, homemade, homespun, immature, impure, in the rough, inexpert, makeshift, outline, prentice, primitive, raw, rough, rough-hewn, rude, rudimentary, rustic, simple, sketchy, thick, undeveloped, unfinished, unformed, ungraded, unmatured, unmilled, unpolished, unprepared, unprocessed, unproficient, unsorted, untaught, untrained, unworked, unwrought |
Antonyms: |
formal, planned, refined, sophisticated, stilted |
| Main Entry: | early |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in the beginning |
Synonyms: |
a bit previous, aboriginal, ancient, antecedent, antediluvian, antiquated, brand-new, budding, early bird, fresh, initial, new, original, preceding, premier, prevenient, previous, primal, prime, primeval, primitive, primordial, prior, pristine, proleptical, raw, recent, undeveloped, young |
Antonyms: |
late |
| Main Entry: | embryonic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rudimentary |
Synonyms: |
beginning, developing, early, elementary, evolving, germinal, immature, incipient, undeveloped |
| Main Entry: | fallow |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inactive |
Synonyms: |
dormant, idle, inert, neglected, quiescent, resting, slack, uncultivated, undeveloped, unplanted, unplowed, unproductive, unseeded, untilled, unused, vacant, virgin |
Antonyms: |
active, cultivated, developed, used |
| Main Entry: | immature |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | young, inexperienced |
Synonyms: |
adolescent, baby, babyish, callow, childish, crude, green*, half-grown, imperfect, infantile, infantine, jejune, juvenile, kid, kidstuff, premature, puerile, raw, sophomoric, tender*, tenderfoot, underdeveloped, undergrown, undeveloped, unfinished, unfledged, unformed, unripe, unseasonable, unseasoned, unsophisticated, untimely, wet behind ears, youthful |
Antonyms: |
adult, developed, experienced, grown, mature, old |
| Main Entry: | imperfect |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flawed |
Synonyms: |
amiss, below par, bottom-of-barrel, broken, damaged, defective, deficient, disfigured, dud, faulty, few bugs, garbage*, immature, impaired, incomplete, inexact, injured, junk*, lemon, limited, low, marred, minus, partial, patchy, rudimentary, schlocky, sick, sketchy, two-bit, undeveloped, unfinished, unsound, vicious, warped |
Antonyms: |
excellent, faultless, finished, perfect, pure, unblemished, unflawed |
| Main Entry: | incomplete |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfinished, wanting |
Synonyms: |
abridged, broken, crude, defective, deficient, expurgated, fractional, fragmentary, garbled, half-done, immature, imperfect, inadequate, incoherent, insufficient, lacking, meager, part, partial, rough, rude, rudimentary, short, sketchy, unaccomplished, unconsummated, under construction, undeveloped, undone, unexecuted, unpolished |
Antonyms: |
accomplished, complete, finished, perfect |
| Main Entry: | juvenile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | childish |
Synonyms: |
adolescent, babyish, beardless, blooming, boyish, budding, callow, childlike, developing, formative, fresh, girlish, green, growing, immature, inexperienced, infant, infantile, jejune, junior, kid stuff, milk-fed, naive, pubescent, puerile, teenage, tender, undeveloped, unfledged, unripe, unsophisticated, unweaned, vernal, young, younger, youthful |
Antonyms: |
adult, grown-up, mature |