How to Use underutilized in a Sentence
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This is where small businesses have a huge, yet underutilized asset.
—Terdawn Deboe, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
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An infill project builds on vacant or underutilized land in urban areas.
—Charlotte Observer, 4 July 2025
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Taking out parking to put in bike lanes that are extremely underutilized was senseless.
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025
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Many possible sites are left as vacant lots or underutilized buildings because of it.
—Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
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The underutilized section of the area used to be a garbage dumping site and a magnet for homeless encampments.
—Hema Sivanandam, The Mercury News, 30 Oct. 2024
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In my experience, pricing is one of the most underutilized levers in business.
—Ashish Verma, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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Documenting your processes now—not later—is one underutilized way to get ready for the ring.
—Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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Privacy screens are an underutilized aspect of shrubs.
—Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 15 Mar. 2026
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However, the extra storage space is an underutilized perk of being an empty nester.
—Tessa Cooper, Southern Living, 6 May 2026
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Women remain an underutilized labor pool for large budget features.
—Martha Lauzen, Variety, 15 Sep. 2025
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Robin Chase built the company around underutilized cars at a time when most people did not yet see the sharing economy coming.
—Nicole Casperson, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
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Sometimes organizing a room comes down to making the most of underutilized areas—and no other spot is primed for an upgrade than under the bed.
—Jenn Andrlik, House Beautiful, 20 Apr. 2023
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Finally, the Blackgum tree is a very underutilized native tree that will please you with bright green leaves in the summer that change to red in the first few weeks of fall.
—Larry Figart, Florida Times-Union, 14 Jan. 2026
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Sponsorship is a very powerful and underutilized tool to help Black women advance in their careers.
—Joy Altimare, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2022
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The proposal also involves closing three to five underutilized schools annually for the next three years.
—Brooke Muckerman, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 6 Mar. 2026
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An underutilized way that companies can leverage tech to reach new customers is to use personalized email marketing.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 2 May 2022
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Use data to understand peak usage times, high-demand spaces and underutilized areas, and let those insights guide your layout.
—Alaa Pasha, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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This was part of a larger effort by the GSA to dispose of underutilized properties.
—Dan Ruetenik, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2025
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The closures aim to pool resources from underutilized churches to strengthen remaining parishes.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 23 Nov. 2024
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Meanwhile, companies who see value in seasoned talent suddenly have first pick of a pool of underutilized workers.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2024
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Vast tracts of underutilized and unused federal land could be sold at a discount to qualified developers, yet with strings attached.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
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The story incorporates the Night Stalker as a red herring, but that plot point feels underutilized and almost lazy.
—Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 3 July 2024
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This exodus has resulted in numerous underutilized schools in the city’s poorer areas.
—Ray Domanico, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2026
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Howell considers lighting one of the most important and underutilized layers.
—Oset Babür-Winter, Architectural Digest, 17 July 2026
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Final Thoughts Catch-up contributions are some of the most underutilized tools in retirement planning.
—True Tamplin, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
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Keyboard shortcuts are one of the most underutilized features of any operating system and Windows 11 has many new ones.
—Ken Colburn, The Arizona Republic, 5 Feb. 2024
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Unfortunately, my balcony has been an underutilized area due to the odd shape and small size, but that hasn’t deterred me from wanting to find a seating arrangement that works well for my needs and space.
—Rachel Trujillo, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
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Officials have pointed to aging and underutilized buildings.
—Dan Snyder, CBS News, 1 May 2026
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Keeping the schools open also likely means the district will have to co-locate charter schools on district campuses based on a state law that requires making underutilized sites available.
—Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Jan. 2023
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The technique links renewable energy sources to the grid connections of shuttered or underutilized power facilities and coal plants.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 Dec. 2025
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