undevelop

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ develop.

Verb

undevelop (third-person singular simple present undevelops, present participle undeveloping, simple past and past participle undeveloped)

  1. (transitive) To undo the development of.
    • 2006, Katherine Fischer, Dreaming the Mississippi, page 197:
      […] to undevelop the land, and to return floodplains to the river.