underserved
adjective
un·der·served
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Definition of underserved
: provided with inadequate service
Examples of underserved in a Sentence
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Sponsor an underserved school as a community service project. — Los Angeles Times, "Newsletter: Book Club | George Takei and Michael Connelly join fall lineup," 10 Aug. 2019 Tickets are on sale for the Poway Kiwanis Club Foundation’s annual social event that raises money to brighten the holidays for underserved children in the community. — Pomerado News, "‘Keg and Cork’ fundraiser will help kids at Christmas," 4 Aug. 2019 While the nonprofit organization won’t directly lobby policymakers, the reach and leverage of the Currys will potentially influence change and awareness in areas that will further support underserved children. — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, "Stephen and Ayesha Curry commit to Oakland with new foundation for kids," 18 July 2019 State lawmakers voted to direct more funds to schools with underserved students, including dropouts and special education students. — Kristi Nix, Houston Chronicle, "Senator Borris Miles hosts Missouri City Town Hall," 12 July 2019 Bennet talked about reducing inequalities in the education system for underserved students who might have immigrant parents. — Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Presidential candidates Michael Bennet, Bill de Blasio address immigration issues at LULAC convention," 12 July 2019 Related Articles Other positive steps taken by the university, Yang notes, are the new two-year Dougherty Family College and its mission of helping low-income and underserved students further their education; as well as creating her position. — Zekriah Chaudhry, Twin Cities, "St. Thomas seeks to boost diversity goals with new member of president’s cabinet," 23 Aug. 2019 District officials and school board members said the immediate priority was boosting math and reading proficiency for those traditionally underserved student groups. — oregonlive.com, "Portland Public Schools wants to drastically boost black, Latino and migrant student achievement by 2022," 15 Aug. 2019 Tittl, Darling, LeMahieu and GOP Sen. Kathy Bernier of Chippewa Falls held a news conference Tuesday for a bill that would give a tax break to psychiatrists to encourage them to move to rural, underserved parts of the state. — Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "'Can you stop recording?' Wisconsin Republicans dodge reporters' questions on guns," 13 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'underserved.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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