underserved
adjective
un·der·served
ˌən-dər-ˈsərvd 
: provided with inadequate service
… they then went on to practice among patients who had been previously underserved.—
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Nonprofit partner Foster Love helped bring hundreds of children from underserved communities to the event to receive gifts and experience the celebration firsthand.
—Kaitlyn Gomez, USA Today, 8 Feb. 2026
That agenda won’t play with conservative voters and neighborhoods in which public safety is a big issue, but among the progressives’ likely supporters are renters, immigrants, young adults, the underserved, and the frontline workers in the minimum-wage economy.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026
What has been largely absent from the conversation is a clear assessment of how such policies would affect small businesses and underserved communities.
—Julio Fuentes, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026
To many charter school advocates, declining enrollments are a result of IPS' failures to educate historically underserved students, sparking their flight to charters.
—Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 3 Feb. 2026
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Kaitlyn Gomez, USA Today, 8 Feb. 2026
That agenda won’t play with conservative voters and neighborhoods in which public safety is a big issue, but among the progressives’ likely supporters are renters, immigrants, young adults, the underserved, and the frontline workers in the minimum-wage economy.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026
What has been largely absent from the conversation is a clear assessment of how such policies would affect small businesses and underserved communities.
—Julio Fuentes, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026
To many charter school advocates, declining enrollments are a result of IPS' failures to educate historically underserved students, sparking their flight to charters.
—Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 3 Feb. 2026
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“Underserved.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/underserved. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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