underutilize

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UK/ˌʌn.dəˈjuː.tɪ.laɪz/UK[ˌɐn.dəˈjuː.tɪ.laɪz]US/ˌʌn.dɚˈjuː.tɪ.laɪz/US[ˌʌn.(ɾ)ɚˈjuː.tɪ.laɪz]

verb

underuse

Scrabble 22

Meanings

verbunderutilize (third-person singular simple present underutilizes, present participle underutilizing, simple past and past participle underutilized)

present singular third person underutilizes · participle present underutilizing · participle past underutilized · past underutilized

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
  7. Proto-Germanic*under
  8. Proto-West Germanic*undar
  9. Old Englishunder-
  10. Middle Englishunder-
  11. Englishunder-
  12. Englishutilize
  13. Englishunderutilize

From under- + utilize.

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Translations

Finnish alikäyttää
  • alikäyttääunderuse
Swedish underutnyttja
  • underutnyttjaunderuse
Cite this entry
APA

underutilize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underutilize

MLA

“underutilize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underutilize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underutilize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underutilize.

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