Word info

underused

Speech parts

1. underused - Adjective

2. underused - Verb

Meaning

underused (not comparable)

Used less than normal or desirable.

underused

simple past and past participle of underuse

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

After eight years, Poe becomes eligible for parole; a brief plane journey home with some violent criminals is all that lies between Poe and his reunion with wife Tricia (an underused Monica Potter) and daughter Casey. Source: Internet

And so Mbatha-Raw is badly underused, her flashback character reduced to a madcap 1920s-muse stereotype: a dazzling smile in a sparkly skullcap and drop-waisted dress, lit in amber nostalgia so glowy you could warm your hands by it. Source: Internet

Clothes in contemporary fiction seem to me to be an underused trope, perhaps because fast fashion has made individual garments less emblematic. Source: Internet

These winter-hardy perennials are vastly underused, and thankfully are receiving increased recognition as important additions to perennial flowerbeds. Source: Internet

Columnist Brett Middleton explores three commonly underused AdWords features that can have a big impact on performance: ad variations, Gmail ads. Source: Internet

In different contexts, Cartier said at the meeting that providing local government subsidies is a common method "used all over the United States" to encourage redevelopment of blighted or underused locales. Source: Internet

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