Get to know Underused better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Underused in a sentence
Underused meaning
Used less than normal or desirable.
Using Underused
- The main meaning on this page is: Used less than normal or desirable.
- In the example corpus, underused often appears in combinations such as: an underused, the underused, underused and.
Context around Underused
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 6 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Underused
- In this selection, "underused" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, off, criminally, utilizing, properties, housing and area stand out and add context to how "underused" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a sorely underused plot device and about the underused existing stock. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "underused" sits close to words such as aayog, aghast and agitate, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with underused
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Categories like Flails, Ballistae, and Heavy Thrusting Swords are underused. (10 words)
According to Senators King and Moran, the program is underused and receives limited funding. (14 words)
Superintendent Derrick Johnston admitted impact statements are currently "underused" in the Greater Glasgow division. (14 words)
And so Mbatha-Raw is badly underused, her flashback character reduced to a madcap 1920s-muse stereotype: a dazzling smile in a sparkly skullcap and drop-waisted dress, lit in amber nostalgia so glowy you could warm your hands by it. (41 words)
He is that man who is the scared insecure boy at heart forever trying to show all that he is worth something, anything, to his pregnant wife who exists in a sorely underused plot device, and to his hometown folk. (40 words)
After eight years, Poe becomes eligible for parole; a brief plane journey home with some violent criminals is all that lies between Poe and his reunion with wife Tricia (an underused Monica Potter) and daughter Casey. (36 words)
It will take years to increase supply by building new, but what about the underused existing stock? (17 words)
Example sentences (20)
And regardless of whether those homes are subject to the new tax or not, the new legislation requires that farmers must now file a return under the Underused Housing Tax Act.
An underused area next to high-rise flats at Queensland Court and Gardens is being transformed into a "vibrant urban park" with a rich planting scheme that will incorporate outdoor socialising space and informal woodland.
Blumenfeld said this would grow Wisconsin’s workforce and allow the state to sell off underused properties, saving the state hundreds of millions of dollars over time.
Categories like Flails, Ballistae, and Heavy Thrusting Swords are underused.
His physicality and raw power are criminally underused and it's not been a surprise to see Hojund cut an increasingly frustrated figure because his teammates have been doing him no favours.
India’s growing urban population is fuelling the need for open spaces in cities and communities are reclaiming urban spaces lying vacant, unused or underused through “placemaking”.
It forms the next phase of the council's long-term regeneration strategy as it looks to redevelop its own substandard accommodation and brownfield or underused sites into affordable homes.
When the 508 and other Leeds services were withdrawn earlier this year, First said the decision was taken because these buses were underused.
According to Senators King and Moran, the program is underused and receives limited funding.
Councillor Geoffrey Blunden said that parking areas being underused could be repurposed to “address local housing needs”.
He advocates for utilizing underused properties to create livable spaces, emphasizing the importance of addressing systemic issues that lead to homelessness rather than criminalizing those affected.
In Houston, county officials recently announced a project to redevelop NRG Park and continue to host its famous rodeo, including potentially developing mixed-use projects on the venue’s underused parking lots.
It will take years to increase supply by building new, but what about the underused existing stock?
Put forward by Macintosh Davies Limited, the plans said the site would provide for commercial use via a connected but underused courtyard at the rear of both sites.
Superintendent Derrick Johnston admitted impact statements are currently "underused" in the Greater Glasgow division.
This neglectful treatment hasn’t just been reserved for ’s main players — the supporting roles of ) are equally underused.
After eight years, Poe becomes eligible for parole; a brief plane journey home with some violent criminals is all that lies between Poe and his reunion with wife Tricia (an underused Monica Potter) and daughter Casey.
And so Mbatha-Raw is badly underused, her flashback character reduced to a madcap 1920s-muse stereotype: a dazzling smile in a sparkly skullcap and drop-waisted dress, lit in amber nostalgia so glowy you could warm your hands by it.
Clothes in contemporary fiction seem to me to be an underused trope, perhaps because fast fashion has made individual garments less emblematic.
He is that man who is the scared insecure boy at heart forever trying to show all that he is worth something, anything, to his pregnant wife who exists in a sorely underused plot device, and to his hometown folk.
Common combinations with underused
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an underused 8×
- the underused 4×
- underused and 4×
- or underused 4×
- being underused 3×
- underused housing 2×
- underused properties 2×
- are underused 2×
- is underused 2×
- underused in 2×