underused

adjective

un·​der·​used ˌən-dər-ˈyüzd 

: not fully used : having more potential than is currently being realized or utilized

underused land

an underused actress

Examples of underused in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Doug Ammar, executive director of the Georgia Justice Project, said the diversion center remains underused in part because the concept is unfamiliar to many who are arrested. —CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026

And unlike existing addiction medications, which are prescribed by specialists and remain vastly underused, GLP-1 drugs are already prescribed at enormous scale by primary care doctors. —Ziyad Al-Aly, Fortune, 5 Mar. 2026

And unlike existing addiction medications, which are prescribed by specialists and remain vastly underused, GLP-1 drugs are already prescribed at enormous scale by primary care doctors. —Ziyad Al-Aly, The Conversation, 4 Mar. 2026

Being stashed in a technocratic niche, however, meant that Buttigieg’s talent at retail politics went underused. —Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1960, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for underused

• abused
• accused
• amused
• bemused
• confused
• contused
• defused
• diffused
• disused
• effused
• enthused
• excused