developing country

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noun

a country having a standard of living or level of industrial production well below that possible with financial or technical aid; a country that is not yet highly industrialized.

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Origin of developing country

First recorded in 1950–55

Words nearby developing country

develop, developable surface, developer, developing, developing agent, developing country, developing nation, developing-out paper, developing world, development, developmental biology

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How to use developing country in a sentence

While in 1950 a smallpox outbreak in a developing country might attract little international interest, by 1970 it attracted the world’s best disease surveillance and response resources.
Smallpox used to kill millions of people every year. Here’s how humans beat it.|Kelsey Piper|February 5, 2021|Vox
That’s not to mention the countless developing countries who have struggled to secure a vaccine supply in the first place.
The US finally has a national mask mandate|Rahul Rao|February 1, 2021|Popular-Science
Both the AstraZeneca and J&J vaccines can be stored in a refrigerator, making them easier to ship and to use in developing countries than the frozen kind made by Pfizer and Moderna.
Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine is 66% effective, lagging rivals|Rachel Schallom|January 29, 2021|Fortune
I particularly loved living in emerging economies, in developing countries.
The BBC’s Katty Kay Shuts Down Men Who ‘Tell Me to Shut Up’|Eugene Robinson|January 23, 2021|Ozy

Of course, many in the city were working on sustainability, social issues or ways to make life better in developing countries before the city embraced the doughnut.
Amsterdam Is Embracing a Radical New Economic Theory to Help Save the Environment. Could It Also Replace Capitalism?|Ciara Nugent|January 22, 2021|Time
Horrifying TV images looked more like a developing country in the midst of racial/tribal/ethnic strife than the United States.
What We Need Are Anti-Racists|Gene Robinson|August 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As customers of the brand know, for each pair of glasses purchased, Warby Parker donates a pair to a developing country.
Warby Parker Thrives by Giving Away Glasses Whenever It Sells a Pair|Nina Strochlic|May 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST
To many Americans, pouring aid dollars into a developing country may seem like siphoning cash into a black hole.
5 Ways to Put Global Poverty Back on (Whichever) President’s Agenda|Jamie M. Zimmerman|September 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST
For hundreds of thousands of child farm workers, the U.S. might as well be a developing country.
Did a Child Pick Your Strawberries?|Zama Coursen-Neff|May 12, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Enterprise, backed by gold, is a life–current in the veins of a developing country whose value cannot be denied.
The Matabele Campaign|R. S. S. Baden-Powell
Situated in the midst of a rapidly developing country the enterprises of these free Negroes increased in importance every year.
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921|Various

British Dictionary definitions for developing country

developing country

noun

a nonindustrialized poor country that is seeking to develop its resources by industrialization

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