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maldevelopment

noun

Meaning

  1. The state of an organism or an organisation that did not develop in the "normal" way (used in medicine, e.g. "brain maldevelopment of a fetus").
  2. Under the philosophy of sustainable development, poor economic, human or social development.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

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