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
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Because multiple nonprofit theaters are now saddled with underused theaters, the boundaries are blurring.
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Michael Paulson, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
That latter point reflects the Stadium Freeway's underused condition.
—Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2024
Local and federal lawmakers are also looking at additional ways to subsidize affordable housing development and to repurpose vacant offices and underused church land for housing.
—Danny Nguyen, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
At a bar one evening, he’s approached by a private investigator (a criminally underused Bokeem Woodbine), who mistakes Tom for a friend of his wealthy client’s son.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 4 Apr. 2024
The idea is to not only offload the city’s deteriorating buildings and underused land, but to find a private development team to create a new hub of activity and hundreds of homes in the city’s core.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2024
Respite and navigation are expected to be offered 24/7 at the library in an underused section, Milne said, but only overnight at the senior center.
—Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 4 Mar. 2024
Outside of battery sizing, automakers can leverage data to remove underused features.
—Mayank Sikaria, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
Pierce is frustratingly underused, but his slow-burn discouraging response to Elsbeth matches well with Patterson’s slow-burn encouragement.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024
Michael Paulson, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
That latter point reflects the Stadium Freeway's underused condition.
—Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2024
Local and federal lawmakers are also looking at additional ways to subsidize affordable housing development and to repurpose vacant offices and underused church land for housing.
—Danny Nguyen, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
At a bar one evening, he’s approached by a private investigator (a criminally underused Bokeem Woodbine), who mistakes Tom for a friend of his wealthy client’s son.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 4 Apr. 2024
The idea is to not only offload the city’s deteriorating buildings and underused land, but to find a private development team to create a new hub of activity and hundreds of homes in the city’s core.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2024
Respite and navigation are expected to be offered 24/7 at the library in an underused section, Milne said, but only overnight at the senior center.
—Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 4 Mar. 2024
Outside of battery sizing, automakers can leverage data to remove underused features.
—Mayank Sikaria, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
Pierce is frustratingly underused, but his slow-burn discouraging response to Elsbeth matches well with Patterson’s slow-burn encouragement.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024
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“Underused.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/underused. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.
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