significantly underdeveloped

Spanish translation: muy poco desarrolladas

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English term or phrase:significantly underdeveloped
Spanish translation:muy poco desarrolladas
Entered by: Carlos Morales

11:13 Oct 5, 2018
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Psychology / Manipulative people
English term or phrase: significantly underdeveloped
Context
Most CDOs have consciences that are significantly underdeveloped.

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Maria Iglesia Ramos
Spain
muy poco desarrolladas
Explanation:
Me gusta un poco más de esta forma. Saludos.
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Carlos Morales
Ecuador
Local time: 16:58
Grading comment
coincido
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2claramente/muy inmaduras
Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
4 +1muy poco ejercitadas
Sofia Bengoa
4 +1muy poco desarrolladas
Carlos Morales
4significativamente subdesarrollado
José Luis Garcia Vergara
3de la talla de un pigmeo - considerablemente minúsculas - enanas
JohnMcDove


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
muy poco ejercitadas


Explanation:
también: desarrolladas o trabajadas

Sofia Bengoa
Spain
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8

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agree  Beatriz Ramírez de Haro: Voto por desarrolladas. Saludos
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
muy poco desarrolladas


Explanation:
Me gusta un poco más de esta forma. Saludos.

Carlos Morales
Ecuador
Local time: 16:58
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 32
Grading comment
coincido

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agree  Maikon Delgado
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
claramente/muy inmaduras


Explanation:
underdeveloped adj (not mature) inmaduro/a adj
http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=und...

Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Spain
Local time: 23:58
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 1410

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agree  Juan Gil
1 hr
  -> Gracias de nuevo Juan - Bea

agree  Natalia Pedrosa
2 hrs
  -> Gracias Natalia - Bea
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significativamente subdesarrollado


Explanation:
"...Tienen conciencias significativamente subdesarrolladas..."


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José Luis Garcia Vergara
Mexico
Local time: 15:58
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Native speaker of: Spanish
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de la talla de un pigmeo - considerablemente minúsculas - enanas


Explanation:
Most CDOs have consciences that are significantly underdeveloped.

La mayoría de CDOs tienen consciencias no mayores que las de un liliputiense...

La mayoría de CDOs tienen consciencias tan minúsculas como las de un liliputiense...

La mayoría de CDOs tienen consciencias de la talla de un pigmeo

El énfasis de "considerablemente" se puede reemplazar con una metáfora gráfica (aunque me puedan acusar de racista...)

... una consciencia apreciablemente inapreciable...

... una consciencia que tan diminuta que casi brilla por su ausencia...

(Me recuerda al chistecito de "era tan bajito, tan bajito tan bajito que la cabeza le olía a pies... o que la uña del dedo gordo del pie le servía de visera...)

... son enanos espirituales... pigmeos de consciencia..., la más ínfima de las consciencias...

Y cosas pequeñitas por el estilo...

JohnMcDove
United States
Local time: 14:58
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 284
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