Meaning

1 senses

  1. To use (something) less than expected

Examples

3 sentences

  1. The canteen is underused, but always dirty and neglected.

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  2. Gotta say, a water pitcher is an underrated and underused option these days.

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  3. Semicolons are underused.

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Translations

1 languages

Forms

underuses, underusing, underused, underused
Base formunderuse · to underuse
3rd person singularunderuses
Present participleunderusing
Past simpleunderused
Past participleunderused

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyunderuse
he, she, itunderuses

Past simpleLesson

all personsunderused

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave underused
he, she, ithas underused

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill underuse

Synonyms

1 synonyms
underutilize

Antonyms

1 antonyms
overuse

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
undertakerundertakingundertoneundervalueunderwaterA2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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