Definition of underused
: not fully used : having more potential than is currently being realized or utilized underused land an underused actress
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But personal vehicles, which are also near the top of the list of many people’s most expensive assets, are even more underused than homes.
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Before community members stepped in decades ago, Legacy Health Hopewell House was a underused residence on the Henningsen Estate in Southwest Portland.
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Fadness said the reservoir, which straddles Marion, Hamilton and Hancock counties, is an underused resource for families in Fishers.
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After inspecting San Diego County’s juvenile detention facilities, the county grand jury found that two of them are in need of major repairs and that the newest is significantly underused.
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The quality of the supporting cast serves to underline the fact that most of them are pretty badly underused—
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1960
First Known Use of underused
1960
UNDERUSED Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of underused for English Language Learners
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: not used enough : not fully used
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