Noun : child development; economic development. ,recent developments in the field of science. ,Drama reached its highest development in the plays of Shakespeare.    From Dictionary.com. 

Of course, certain very rich countries, which became rich at the expense of the nondevelopment of the rest of the world as a general rule, had so much money at their disposal and were so afraid of communism and socialism that they tried to redistribute their available resources.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cuba: Castro Speaks at Closing of 17th CTC Congress] Reference

Muscular atrophy associated with nondevelopment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference

Figure 177 shows another case of extraordinary atrophic condition of all the tissues of the body associated with nondevelopment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference

In the first three of these only (a, b, and c) is there real sterility in the sense of the nondevelopment or imperfect development of the male vivifying element (spermatozoa).    From Wordnik.com.  [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference

Who's going to assure its continued existence, for instance, getting it permanently zoned for nondevelopment, or possibly taxed low enough to encourage its future use as cropland?.    From Wordnik.com.  [post-gazette.com - News] Reference

"What that means is the government can continue to spend money on nondevelopment and nonproductive areas, and if it runs up a fiscal deficit, there are foreign loans available to bridge that gap," he says.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christian Science Monitor | Top Stories] Reference

Cretinism is an endemic disease among mountainous people who drink largely of lime water, and is characterized by a condition of physical, physiologic, and mental degeneracy and nondevelopment, and possibly goiter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference

"nondevelopment solutions" for the Black Canyon lands.    From Wordnik.com.  [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference