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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That segment has largely gone unserved after Boeing halted plans to replace its popular 757 and 767 at the pinnacle of the 737 MAX crisis, which followed a pair of crashes in 2018 and 2019.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
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
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
All told, connecting unserved households and businesses in Washington state could cost more than $2.4 billion at minimum, he said, double what the state received Monday.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 27, 2023
In this new and more normal world, her unserved, unsatisfied youth was breaking through.
From The Window-Gazer by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay
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