underutilize
verb
un·der·uti·lize
ˌən-dər-ˈyü-tə-ˌlīz 
underutilized; underutilizing; underutilizes
: to utilize less than fully or below the potential use
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Walker felt somewhat underutilized this past season.
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Rosa Escandon, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Resort officials said that specific gate was underutilized.
—Eve Chen, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
This grant provides money to communities to spur redevelopment of spaces that have sat idle, abandoned or underutilized for at least two years.
—Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Fowler too often plays underwritten side characters, underutilizing his comedic potential.
—Jourdain Searles, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2023
Last year the county and Metropolitan Transit Service announced plans to use more than 13 acres of land deemed underutilized for new affordable rental housing.
—Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2023
While many organizations already have the foundational data required to create a concrete strategy, it's commonly underutilized.
—Antoine Andrews, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
The common-sense program, where rank-and-file workers can anonymously file reports of minor incidents and close calls, has been vastly underutilized, with less than two dozen railroads out of more than 600 participating in the voluntary program at the start of this week.
—Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 3 Mar. 2023
Both hospice and palliative care are important specialty medical services that are underutilized, and can offer much support and comfort to many more patients and families.
—Katia Hetter, CNN, 20 Feb. 2023
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Rosa Escandon, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Resort officials said that specific gate was underutilized.
—Eve Chen, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
This grant provides money to communities to spur redevelopment of spaces that have sat idle, abandoned or underutilized for at least two years.
—Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Fowler too often plays underwritten side characters, underutilizing his comedic potential.
—Jourdain Searles, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2023
Last year the county and Metropolitan Transit Service announced plans to use more than 13 acres of land deemed underutilized for new affordable rental housing.
—Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2023
While many organizations already have the foundational data required to create a concrete strategy, it's commonly underutilized.
—Antoine Andrews, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
The common-sense program, where rank-and-file workers can anonymously file reports of minor incidents and close calls, has been vastly underutilized, with less than two dozen railroads out of more than 600 participating in the voluntary program at the start of this week.
—Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 3 Mar. 2023
Both hospice and palliative care are important specialty medical services that are underutilized, and can offer much support and comfort to many more patients and families.
—Katia Hetter, CNN, 20 Feb. 2023
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“Underutilize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/underutilize. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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