1. underserved - Adjective
2. underserved - Verb
Underresourced; not having sufficient service.
Many families who live paycheck-to-paycheck are currently underserved by the financial services industry.
(medicine) Disadvantaged with regard to health services because of inability to pay, inability to access care, or other disparities for reasons of race, religion, language group or social status.
Poorly served.
underserved
simple past and past participle of underserve
Adults who practiced dutifully were regulars, too, and in the last 10 years the school broadened its reach, with classes in public schools and a tuition-free program for children from underserved neighborhoods across the city. Source: Internet
All On recognizes that at times like these, the mission to accelerate the closing of the energy access gap by providing energy to underserved and unserved communities in Nigeria, is even more critical to ultimately saving lives. Source: Internet
Advocating for underserved populations: Is remote patient monitoring the answer? Source: Internet
As Connie Evans of the Association for Enterprise Opportunity recently the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, the pandemic’s “economic consequences are projected to erase decades of minority enterprise growth in underserved markets.” Source: Internet
Another critical worker in treating COVID-19 patients is respiratory therapists, but 10 North Carolina counties don't have one and another 34 are underserved according to Bill Croft, the executive of the North Carolina Respiratory Care Board. Source: Internet
“All of these things are connected to the census, and that’s why making sure our children are counted is extremely important to underserved communities.” Source: Internet