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underutilized

American  
[uhn-der-yoo-tuhl-ahyzd] / ˌʌn dərˈju təlˌaɪzd /

adjective

  1. not utilized enough; not used to full capacity or to maximum effect.


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“Microsoft has demonstrated that engineering can unlock underutilized CPU and GPU capacity, but sustaining near-50% Azure growth will eventually require delayed physical infrastructure to arrive and enter production.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

"With coordinated engagement between academia, clinicians, and industry, vanillin has the potential to progress from an underutilized bioactive to a clinically deployable component of next-generation wound care and regenerative therapeutics," says Professor Vasilev.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

The measure is intended to streamline public works decision-making to improve city services and add new sources of revenue by leveraging existing resources such as underutilized city land.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

And, with the museum’s dim lighting, dated technology and underutilized areas, it can feel at times as if one is wandering in a past-its-prime shopping mall or in the forgotten corner of an airport terminal.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

Above was the sun deck, underutilized, the redwood rotting.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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