under-utilizev.
/ˌʌndəˈjuːtᵻlʌɪz/, /ˌʌndəˈjuːtl̩ʌɪz/, U.S. /ˌəndərˈjudlˌaɪz/ transitive. To make use of (equipment, resources, etc.) insufficiently or below the optimum level; to under-use.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (transitive)] > under-use
under-utilize1958
under-use1960
1958 Economist 18 Oct. 204/1 Mr Amory may go on living down to his..nickname of Derick-or-little-by-little this winter (when industrial capacity may be unnecessarily under-utilised).
1977 Lancet 2 July 26/2 The cause of the lactic acidosis is almost certainly both underutilisation of lactic acid as well as overproduction.
Derivatives
ˌunder-utiliˈzation n.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [noun] > under-use
under-utilization1954
under-use1960
1954 Newsweek 29 Nov. 89/1 Underutilization of capacity in some lines is inevitable for some time.
under-ˈutilized adj.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [adjective] > misused > under-used
undersized1657
under-employed1941
under-utilized1964
under-used1976
1964 K. G. Lockyer Introd. Crit. Path Anal. viii. 83 To increase utilization it is common practice to employ the under-utilized resources on another project.
1978 N.Y. Times 30 Mar. a 15/1 The small-boat mariners have turned to the ‘junk-fish’, or underutilized species like perch and pollock, while waiting out the 12-day Federal ban on cod.
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