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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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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