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- adjective
Used less thannormal ordesirable . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
underuse .
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Examples
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Clay Shirky, an adjunct professor at New York University, calls the underused human potential at companies an immense "cognitive surplus" and one that could be tapped by participatory tools.
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US Fed cash-flow data called underused weapon in war on drugs Complinet Special Report By Jeremy Pelofsky
Reuters: Top News 2011
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More recently, though, it has become a source of funds for wasteful and dated state projects such as underused airports and public housing.
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Under the law, the government can confiscate agricultural land it deems "underused" and parcel it out to the poor in small farmsteads.
Sowing A Vendetta 2007
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RSL is the most "underused" because he wants it that way, himself.
EW.com: Today's Latest Headlines Michael Ausiello 2010
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RSL is the most "underused" because he wants it that way, himself.
EW.com: Today's Latest Headlines Michael Ausiello 2010
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It just seemed like a visually exciting city which was kind of underused in comic books.
The Comics Journal admin 2010
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Consultants for the Stoughton Road revitalization project are recommending extensive new development and streets for what they see as a dramatically "underused" area east of Stoughton Road near the Beltline.
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Consultants for the Stoughton Road revitalization project are recommending extensive new development and streets for what they see as a dramatically "underused" area east of Stoughton Road near the Beltline.
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Even validated retail parking, such as the Broadway Market, was noted by SDOT as being "underused".
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