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adjective un·der·used \ ˌən-dər-ˈyüzd \

Definition of underused

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

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an underused actress

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Ruhlman regards our underused kitchens as a major contributor to our poor diets.

— sarah l. courteau, The Christian Science Monitor, "'Grocery' is Michael Ruhlman's exploration of the grocery store as an idea and institution," 4 Aug. 2017
Built in the late 1980s, the park is now underused and in disrepair, with splintered wooden bleachers and ragged ball fields.

— teri figueroa, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Neighbors rally to fight soccer arena at Vista park," 19 July 2017
The hope: Beacon Park will help anchor the redevelopment of downtown's west side, a district marked by acres of surface parking lots and underused or vacant buildings.

— john gallagher, Detroit Free Press, "With new park opening, DTE Energy's Gerry Anderson taking increased civic leadership role," 14 July 2017
Several of Holly’s incredible ceramic works were selected by a panel of arts professionals for the exhibition, currently on view in The Mint’s (underused) fifth floor space.

— charlotteobserver, "What’s up this week in Charlotte’s visual arts?," 27 June 2017
To speed the buses' travel, the MTA trimmed its routes, removed hundreds of underused bus stops, installed bus-only lanes on the major thoroughfares downtown and traffic-light sensors in buses to shorten red lights and lengthen green ones.

— colin campbell, baltimoresun.com, "Riders criticize BaltimoreLink at meeting while MTA tweaks service," 26 June 2017
After ascending to the museum's third level, visitors would queue on the wide bridge leading to the theater, an area that used to be filled with cafe tables and chairs, and which had felt drab and underused.

— steven litt, cleveland.com, "Rock Hall under CEO Greg Harris learns to live in the house Pei built (photos, video)," 25 June 2017
The Germania also is the latest in a series of buildings on or near W. Wisconsin Ave. that have been converted from underused offices to apartments in recent years.

— tom daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Historic Germania Building brings market-rate, affordable apartments to downtown Milwaukee," 24 June 2017
The Pearl District didn't exist -- the now-swank neighborhood was neglected and rundown, a phalanx of underused warehouses rolling out behind Powell's City of Books on Burnside Street.

— douglas perry, OregonLive.com, "Portland in the 1980s: Drug gangs, skinheads loomed, but so did the start of something special," 21 June 2017

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