underutilization
Noun
Meaning
underutilization (usually uncountable, plural underutilizations)
The state of being underutilized
Synonyms
Examples
Given the underutilization of AGOA by US companies, panelists agreed that more financial incentives should be given to US businesses that invest in Africa.
Negative synergy on the other hand has negative effects such as: reduced efficiency of operations, decrease in quality, underutilization of resources and disequilibrium with the external environment.
So current employment practices, such as women being forced into temporary or secretarial streams and out of work when they have children, have resulted in significant underutilization of female human resources.
Domestic firms are shielded from international as well as domestic competition; the result is chronic inefficiency, poor quality, limited product diversity, and underutilization of plants.