underused
adjective
un·der·used
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Definition of underused
: not fully used : having more potential than is currently being realized or utilized
underused land an underused actress
Examples of underused in a Sentence
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So let’s turn it and underused jail space into Navigation Centers. — Willie Brown, SFChronicle.com, "Time to help SF’s homeless — and time to get tough if they won’t take it," 7 Sep. 2019 City officials long have considered the northern part of the shopping center’s property and its expansive parking lot underused and ripe for redevelopment. — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, "Developer has housing plan for former Kmart site in West St. Paul," 27 Aug. 2019 The designs maximize entertainment areas while minimizing water-hogging grass and impractical underused space. — oregonlive.com, "2019 Street of Dreams: A modern farmhouse with a Tuscan twist and water-wise landscaping," 13 Aug. 2019 The game lifts the criminally underused variable scoring system of Isle of Skye to boost the game’s replayability, giving points out for completing different parameters (one round might score for water squares next to mountains, for example). — Aaron Zimmerman, Ars Technica, "The hottest new board games from Gen Con 2019," 10 Aug. 2019 An underused money tool that could help a new generation of adults on their path to prosperity isn’t a smartphone app, a virtual currency or a digital payment system. — Washington Post, "Millennial Money: Credit unions add flex to your finances," 6 Aug. 2019 As wires increasingly go the way of rotary phones, nearly every industry is trying to push into underused spectrum space. — Millicent Dent And Stephen Cunningham, Houston Chronicle, "Power and tech giants fight over airwaves space in the U.S.," 9 Aug. 2019 They’re filled with bland high-rises, underused public spaces, and the circular hole in the ground that was to form the foundation of the unbuilt Chicago Spire. — Blair Kamin, chicagotribune.com, "The dull blocks west of Navy Pier get an engaging park: Will it be loved to death?," 31 July 2019 The $200 million, 23-story development was the result of French mall operator Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield taking several of its properties across the globe and converting underused space for residential. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "One of San Diego’s most expensive apartment complexes opens," 13 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'underused.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for underused
underused
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of underused
: not used enough : not fully used
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