- underutilize
- transitive verb Date: 1951 to utilize less than fully or below the potential use • underutilization noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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underutilize — also under utilize, 1954, from UNDER (Cf. under) + UTILIZE (Cf. utilize). Related: Underutilized; underutilizing … Etymology dictionary
underutilize — (Amer.) v. underuse, fail to utilize something entirely (also underutilise) … English contemporary dictionary
underutilize — [un΄dər yo͞ot′ l īz΄] vt. underutilized, underutilizing to utilize too little or inefficiently underutilization n … English World dictionary
underutilize — underutilization, n. /un deuhr yooht l uyz /, v.t., underutilized, underutilizing. to fail to utilize fully: to underutilize natural resources. Also, esp. Brit., underutilise. [1950 55; UNDER + UTILIZE] * * * … Universalium
underutilize — verb underuse … Wiktionary
underutilize — or underutilise verb underuse (something). Derivatives underutilization noun … English new terms dictionary
underutilize — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ transitive verb Etymology: under (I) + utilize : to utilize less than fully or below the potential use … Useful english dictionary
underutilizes — underutilize (Amer.) v. underuse, fail to utilize something entirely (also underutilise) … English contemporary dictionary
underutilizing — underutilize (Amer.) v. underuse, fail to utilize something entirely (also underutilise) … English contemporary dictionary
underutilization — noun see underutilize … New Collegiate Dictionary
