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What would work instead? Lesser-developed and greater-developed? Sub-developed and super-developed? >"Under" implies some ideal state of development No, not
by PopAlongKid 3y ago
What would work instead? Lesser-developed and greater-developed? Sub-developed and super-developed?
>"Under" implies some ideal state of development
No, not necessarily "ideal". It simply implies there is an average or median level, with instances that are lower and instances that are higher.
>anything under that threshold is deficient
I think if you wanted a loaded term, you'd use something more like "development-deficient" and "development-abundant".
- smallerfish 3y agoFair enough - I guess I should have been a little more precise: I really meant that "underdeveloped" has a specific meaning, rather than "under" by itself. "Underdeveloped" doesn't mean "less than average development", it means "not and/or insufficiently industrialized", implying a problem to be solved.
- corbezzoli 3y agoI don’t know about you, but if I walk into a restaurant’s toilet and see the river flowing below the hole,[1] I’d say that it might need a little more development. I don’t think literal shit rivers can be part of any developed nation. Objectively. Much less rivers where people fish and swim in. [1] I saw it in person in Laos and also in this popular video https://fb.watch/nQ-Xvh9iLO/
- dghlsakjg 3y agoNatural areas?