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underutilized

underutilized adjective: insufficiently utilized. Also the simple past and past participle of underutilize.

Adjective

underutilized (comparative more underutilized, superlative most underutilized)

  1. (American and Oxford British spelling) Insufficiently utilized.

Also used as

underutilized is also the simple past and past participle of underutilize.

Forms of underutilized

comparativemore underutilized
superlativemost underutilized
alternative formunderutilised
alternative formunder-utilized
alternative formunder-utilised

Origin of underutilized

From under- + utilized.

From underutilize + -ed.

Questions about underutilized

What does underutilized mean?
Underutilized means insufficiently utilized.
What part of speech is underutilized?
Underutilized is an adjective.

Words near underutilized in the dictionary

  1. underutilises
  2. underutilising
  3. underutilization
  4. underutilizations
  5. underutilize
  6. underutilized
  7. underutilizes
  8. underutilizing
  9. undervaccinate
  10. undervaccinated
  11. undervaccinates

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