Usually means: Not utilized to full potential.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word underused:

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  1. underused: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. underused: Merriam-Webster
  3. underused: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Underused, underused: Wordnik
  5. underused: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. underused: Wiktionary
  7. underused: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. underused: Dictionary.com
  9. underused: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. underused: Medical dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Used less than normal or desirable.

Similar:
underutilized, unutilized, underutilised, underexploited, underworked, little-used, unutilised, nonutilized, unimproved, wasted, more...

Opposite:
overused, overworked, overtaxed

Types:
latent, dormant, inactive, unexploited, unused, vacant, undeveloped, more...

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Similar:
underutilized, unutilized, underutilised, underexploited, underworked, little-used, unutilised, nonutilized, unimproved, wasted, more...

Opposite:
overused, overworked, overtaxed

Types:
latent, dormant, inactive, unexploited, unused, vacant, undeveloped, more...



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