maldevelopment
English
noun
Definitions
- 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").
- Under the philosophy of sustainable development, poor economic, human or social development.
Etymology
Derived from French maldéveloppement prefix from English development.
Origin
English
development
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antidevelopment English
- codevelopment English
- develop English
- development English
- developmental English
- developmentary English
- developmentation English
- ecodevelopment English
- ethnodevelopment English
- megadevelopment English
- misdevelopment English
- neurodevelopment English
- nondevelopment English
- overdevelopment English
- predevelopment English
- redevelopment English
- subdevelopment English
- superdevelopment English
- underdevelopment English
- undevelopment English
- développement French
- maldéveloppement French