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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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Fund managers are pushing ahead, eyeing individual investors as an underutilized market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 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

"There is definitely an increase in there and it is partially related to tariffs," she said, noting that in some cases automakers are reconfiguring plants or making use of underutilized capacity.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 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

I think I underutilized her in the past.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

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