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underuse

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[uhn-der-yooz, uhn-der-yoos] / ˌʌn dərˈjuz, ˌʌn dərˈjus /

verb (used with object)

to use (a resource, someone's talent, etc.) too little or without realizing its full potential.

noun

the act or fact of using something too little or without realizing its full potential.

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Because of the underuse of medications to help treat or prevent menstrual migraines, investigators wanted to understand how common menstrual migraines were and which groups of women could most benefit from potential therapies.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 12, 2024

Last month, the California Department of Public Health issued an advisory to physicians and other healthcare providers, lamenting the underuse of such medications despite an “ample supply.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2024

Experts have increasingly pointed to another explanation for Paxlovid’s underuse: Doctors still resist prescribing it.

From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2023

“I think we underuse gesture in our classrooms,” Goldin-Meadow says.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 12, 2021

One-quarter of diabetics in the United States now underuse insulin as a result.

From Slate ● Apr. 9, 2020

“That really wasn’t the case,” he said, adding that he told production, “I’m feeling underused and inconsequential.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

The HSA is one of the most underused accounts in American finance, and most people with one are leaving money on the table.

From MarketWatch ● May 15, 2026

Historic England ran a four-year programme to repurpose derelict and underused buildings as community spaces such as cinemas and market halls, and run cultural events, while in Walsall a £1.5bn regeneration project is planned.

From BBC ● May 2, 2026

The carmaker is also opening up its underused European factories to Chinese partners seeking to assemble cars in Europe to avoid tariffs and make EVs eligible for purchase subsidies.

From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026

These foreign holdings or “cleruchies” not only put underused land back into taxable cultivation, but also afforded the king what was essentially a countrywide system of garrisons.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

For example, California’s Imperial Irrigation District has been underusing its allotment in recent years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2021

It’s delicious, except that Swift commits the capital offence of underusing the Haim sisters purely as background singers, aside from one spoken interjection from Danielle.

From Slate ● Dec. 11, 2020

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