Home › Words › M › misdevelopmentmisdevelopmentmisdevelopment · noun — bad or wrong development.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom mis- + development.nounBad or wrong development.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.misdevelop 85% match — To develop badly or wrongly. vs misdevelopment →maldevelopment 82% match — 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"). vs misdevelopment →nondevelopment 75% match — Lack of development, or failure to develop. vs misdevelopment →dysgenesis 68% match — Defective development. vs misdevelopment →underdevelopment 67% match — The condition of being underdeveloped. vs misdevelopment →underdevelop 67% match — To develop insufficiently. vs misdevelopment →heterogenesis 63% match — Abnormal organic development. vs misdevelopment →maladaptation 63% match — The state of being poorly adapted to an environment. vs misdevelopment →