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underutilize
[uhn-der-yoot-l-ahyz]
verb (used with object)
to fail to make practical or profitable use of.
The episodes are boring, badly paced, and completely underutilize the title character.
to fail to use (a machine, resource, etc.) to its full capacity.
Most companies underutilize their data assets, but some manage to leverage them to satisfy marketplace demands.
Many school systems significantly underutilize existing classroom space, yet continue to build new buildings.
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- underutilization noun
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of underutilize1
Example Sentences
At that time, federal investigators seeking to use facial recognition were limited largely to databases of āconstrainedā photos from passports or driverās licenses to help identify suspects, victims and witnesses of people recorded near the scene of a crime, using slow and imprecise algorithms that tended to āseverely underutilize and under-exploit all available face information in a video,ā as one research filing said.
"They underutilize services; they don't access care," said Aguilar-Gaxiola.
āSo, we donāt want to go as slow as the slowest ship, but we also donāt want to underutilize any resource,ā she said.
āIāve been annoyed about this for years: We have these demographic patterns, we have this talent, but we underutilize our own people,ā said Ms. Martinez-Kalinina, 34, who organizes the tech newcomer book club.
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