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underuse

noun

Etymology

From under- + use.

  1. derived from uti — “to use”
  2. derived from uso — “use”
  3. derived from user — “use, employ, practice”
  4. inherited from usen
  5. derived from ūsus — “use, custom, skill, habit”
  6. derived from us
  7. inherited from use
  8. prefixed as underuse — “under + use”

Definitions

  1. The act of using (something) less than expected.

  2. to use (something) less than expected

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA