underpatronized
underpatronized adjective: not receiving enough clients or customers.
Adjective
underpatronized (comparative more underpatronized, superlative most underpatronized)
- Not receiving enough clients or customers.
- Likewise, the new $52 million, 1.3-mile streetcar line, a pet project of the mayor, which runs from downtown to the giant construction site of South Lake Union, and whose shiny red, orange and purple cars are cute, quaint and eerily underpatronized.2008 April 6, Jonathan Raban, “Down and Out in America’s Last Boomtown”, in New York Times
Forms of underpatronized
| comparative | more underpatronized |
|---|---|
| superlative | most underpatronized |
Origin of underpatronized
From under- + patronized.
Questions about underpatronized
- What does underpatronized mean?
- Underpatronized means not receiving enough clients or customers.
- What part of speech is underpatronized?
- Underpatronized is an adjective.
Words near underpatronized in the dictionary
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