Meanings
underserved1
comparative more underserved · superlative most underserved · alternative under-served
- Underresourced; not having sufficient service.
Many families who live paycheck-to-paycheck are currently underserved by the financial services industry.
- medicineDisadvantaged with regard to health services because of inability to pay, inability to access care, or other disparities for reasons of race, religion, language group or social status.
- Poorly served.
It's too early to say precisely which corridors it will use, but TS notes a potential focus on underserved areas with poor connectivity - a need to improve access to the city centre, hospitals, colleges, employment centres, shopping centres and leisure facilities.
2021 February 24, Philip Haigh, “A shift from cars: Scotland's railways are friends of electric!”, in RAIL, number 925, page 31
underserved2
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of underserve
Origin
underserved · verb
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
- Proto-Germanic*under
- Proto-West Germanic*undar
- Old Englishunder-
- Middle Englishunder-
- Englishunder-
- Proto-Indo-European*ser-
- Proto-Indo-European*serwos
- Proto-Indo-European*serweyéti
- Proto-Italic*serwijeti
- Proto-Italic*serwijit
- Proto-Italic*serwiō
- Latinserviō
- Old Frenchservir
- Middle Englishserven
- Englishserve
- Englishunderserve
- Englishunderserved
From underserve + -ed.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
underserved. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underserved
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