develop
verb (used with object)
to bring out the capabilities or possibilities of; bring to a more advanced or effective state.
half-developed
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a word derived from
develop.
Example Sentences
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But, on smoggy summer days, when the majestic vista of the Santa Monica Mountains looks like a half-developed photograph, it proves we still have a ways to go.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2023
He has shuttered expensive marketing efforts, including a celebrity-driven TikTok NFT campaign and a half-developed retail store in Los Angeles, and overseen the layoffs of North American employees.
From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2022
They also contain so many half-developed characters and subplots, it’s hard to imagine that Welles’ actual planned final cut wouldn’t have found a way to cut through some of the noise.
From The Verge ● Nov. 1, 2018
That meant that there was no room for follow-ups, no chance for big discoveries and many frustratingly half-developed ideas.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 11, 2018
A few half-developed herbs and trefoils occasionally meet the eye, together with small patches of wild verbenas of various colors.
From Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America by Maturin Murray Ballou
