Meanings
adjectiveunderpatronized (comparative more underpatronized, superlative most underpatronized)
comparative more underpatronized · superlative most underpatronized
- Not receiving enough clients or customers.
Likewise, the new $52 million, 1.3-mile streetcar line, a pet project of the mayor, which runs from downtown to the giant construction site of South Lake Union, and whose shiny red, orange and purple cars are cute, quaint and eerily underpatronized.
2008 April 6, Jonathan Raban, “Down and Out in America’s Last Boomtown”, in New York Times
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underpatronized. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underpatronized
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“underpatronized.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underpatronized. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underpatronized,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underpatronized.
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