underused
adjective
un·der·used
ˌən-dər-ˈyüzd 
: not fully used : having more potential than is currently being realized or utilized
underused land
an underused actress
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Negative space is the great underused resource in filmmaking.
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Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
Advertisement Efforts to create a second act for underused office towers that were the height of prestige a generation ago are part of a larger drama playing out in a financial center that has lost much of its shine in the years since the pandemic.
—Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
One way would be to increase development taxes in areas prone to fires, but another would be to incentivize developers to infill—building more houses and apartments in underused urban areas.
—Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 15 Jan. 2025
An experienced wide receiver corps Boise State’s wide receivers might have felt somewhat underused last season, with so much of the offense running through Jeanty.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 11 Jan. 2025
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Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
Advertisement Efforts to create a second act for underused office towers that were the height of prestige a generation ago are part of a larger drama playing out in a financial center that has lost much of its shine in the years since the pandemic.
—Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
One way would be to increase development taxes in areas prone to fires, but another would be to incentivize developers to infill—building more houses and apartments in underused urban areas.
—Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 15 Jan. 2025
An experienced wide receiver corps Boise State’s wide receivers might have felt somewhat underused last season, with so much of the offense running through Jeanty.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 11 Jan. 2025
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“Underused.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/underused. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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