unserved
Americanadjective
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(of a population, area, etc.) not provided with a particular service enjoyed by others, such as electricity, internet access, healthcare, etc.
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(of a need or demand) not satisfied or fulfilled.
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(of a customer) not given service; not attended to or assisted.
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(of a summons, warrant, etc.) issued but not presented to the person addressed or not carried out.
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(of a person) not presented with a summons, warrant, etc.
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(of food) not served, offered, or brought to the table.
Example Sentences
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Amazon added nearly 4 gigawatts of new power capacity in 2025 and plans to double its capacity by 2027 to ease capacity constraints and address unserved demand.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
But no map is perfect, so on a snowy morning last month, I set out with my chief of staff and chief counsel to visit the six ostensibly unserved sites.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026
The firm also said that "recent advancements in satellite technologies... have significantly blurred the lines between satellite and terrestrial networks", and that "satellite-based services are no longer confined to areas unserved by terrestrial networks".
From BBC • Oct. 22, 2024
It all smacks of a certain misguided completism, as if the filmmakers were desperate to reassure us that no “Mean Girls” fan will be left unserved.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2024
Thus the time passed from two until three o'clock, the dinner yet unserved.
From The Two Wives Or, Lost and Won by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)
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