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Word Origin and History for obtund Expand. v. c.1400, (transitive) to render dead, make dull, used occasionally in English, especially in medical jargon; from Latin obtundere to blunt, make dull, weaken, exhaust, literally to beat against (see obtuse). Related: Obtundation; obtunded.
Meaning: State of inadequate development. Classified under: Nouns denoting stable states of affairs. Context example: much poverty can be traced to the underdevelopment of industry. Hypernyms (underdevelopment is a kind of...): development (a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess))