Definitions

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  • adjective Insufficiently utilized
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of underutilize.

Etymologies

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under- +‎ utilized

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Examples

  • Although a final site has not been announced, Forestry Department planner Scott Laver said a clear front runner is what he calls an "underutilized" parking lot in the extreme southeast corner of High Park.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed IAN MERRINGER 2011

  • Meanwhile, by holding art exhibits in underutilized venues, we will give New Yorkers a chance to enjoy more of the City's thriving arts scene.

    Anthony Papa: Curate NYC Showcases New York City Visual Artists Anthony Papa 2010

  • Meanwhile, by holding art exhibits in underutilized venues, we will give New Yorkers a chance to enjoy more of the City's thriving arts scene.

    Anthony Papa: Curate NYC Showcases New York City Visual Artists Anthony Papa 2010

  • Meanwhile, by holding art exhibits in underutilized venues, we will give New Yorkers a chance to enjoy more of the City's thriving arts scene.

    Anthony Papa: Curate NYC Showcases New York City Visual Artists Anthony Papa 2010

  • Meanwhile, by holding art exhibits in underutilized venues, we will give New Yorkers a chance to enjoy more of the City's thriving arts scene.

    Anthony Papa: Curate NYC Showcases New York City Visual Artists Anthony Papa 2010

  • Meanwhile, by holding art exhibits in underutilized venues, we will give New Yorkers a chance to enjoy more of the City's thriving arts scene.

    Anthony Papa: Curate NYC Showcases New York City Visual Artists Anthony Papa 2010

  • Meanwhile, by holding art exhibits in underutilized venues, we will give New Yorkers a chance to enjoy more of the City's thriving arts scene.

    Anthony Papa: Curate NYC Showcases New York City Visual Artists Anthony Papa 2010

  • The sale is part of a sweeping citywide plan to shoehorn up to 6,000 homes affordable to low - and moderate-income families, along with some shops, into parcels of public housing property deemed "underutilized" - mostly open spaces and parking lots.

    Queens Crap Queens Crapper 2010

  • The announcement is no major milestone, but does serve as a reminder that the project is actually moving forward, even as almost all the so-called underutilized lots that were expected to sprout office buildings and condo towers overhead remain as parking lots or auto shops.

    Breakthrough on the No. 7 Line Extension 2009

  • Providence City Councilman Luis Aponte also encouraged the commission to support the amendment, saying that mixed use already existed along the street and that the capital city needed to find ways to utilize what planners called underutilized lots along the strip.

    PBN.com - Latest Stories 2010

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