Example Sentences

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While parental reluctance and lack of awareness play a role in keeping Detroit’s Head Start centers underoccupied, a blurry enrollment process doesn’t help the matter.

From Slate • Dec. 6, 2016

It’s easy to imagine anyone in that position feeling restless, underoccupied, and mischievous.

From The Guardian • Nov. 14, 2016

This underoccupied pest would walk the hallways looking to subvert busier colleagues, and, as a result, was universally loathed.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2015

The most common situation, accounting for nearly half the underoccupied stock, consists of two-bedroom apartments occupied by just one person, often elderly.

From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2012

When he is underoccupied, his bent for introspection becomes acute.

From Time Magazine Archive