How to Use underutilized in a Sentence

underutilized

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• But states do have a lot of control over what makes this project such a win: putting underutilized rights-of-way back to work.
  — Curbed, 8 Jan. 2022
• The underutilized section of the area used to be a garbage dumping site and a magnet for homeless encampments.
  — Hema Sivanandam, The Mercury News, 30 Oct. 2024
• Too many millions have been spent on underutilized bike lanes that cater to a small but privileged group of people.
  — The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2024
• The email signature is an underutilized tool that job seekers can and should use to enable people to learn more about them.
  — Caroline Ceniza-Levine, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
• Since the home only had a laundry closet, Galey found space for a laundry folding area in an underutilized nook by the stairs.
  — Terri Robertson, Country Living, 11 May 2023
• The story incorporates the Night Stalker as a red herring, but that plot point feels underutilized and almost lazy.
  — Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 3 July 2024
• Sometimes organizing a room comes down to making the most of underutilized areas—and no other spot is primed for an upgrade than under the bed.
  — Jenn Andrlik, House Beautiful, 20 Apr. 2023
• Before it was entirely reimagined, this underutilized poolside wing of a traditional L.A. home had good bones, little in the way of light, and one too many walls.
  — Sunset Magazine, 15 Jan. 2024
• The Hilde Performance Center in Plymouth is one of the metro's most attractive — and most underutilized — outdoor concert venues.
  — Star Tribune, 15 July 2021
• Keyboard shortcuts are one of the most underutilized features of any operating system and Windows 11 has many new ones.
  — Ken Colburn, The Arizona Republic, 5 Feb. 2024
• Anaheim Hills apartment developers believe their 498-unit complex is a good match for the area and will open up access to an underutilized nearby park.
  — Michael Slaten, Orange County Register, 3 Sep. 2024
• Sponsorship is a very powerful and underutilized tool to help Black women advance in their careers.
  — Joy Altimare, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2022
• But the programs — designed to reduce taxes owed to the government and get cash into the pockets of those living in poverty — remain underutilized, leaving millions of dollars on the table each year.
  — Mackenzie Maysstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2022
• Keeping the schools open also likely means the district will have to co-locate charter schools on district campuses based on a state law that requires making underutilized sites available.
  — Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Jan. 2023
• The signature cut is the underutilized but flavorful tri-tip — the bottom of the top sirloin — which Matthews rubs with powders (mustard, onion and garlic) and spices (cumin and smoked paprika) before cooking sous-vide and finishing on the grill.
  — Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2021
• The San Jose company also plans to close underutilized offices as part of a restructuring plan expected to cost $600 million.
  — Roland Li, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Nov. 2022
• Advertisement Alternatively, check out the underutilized home plate entrance, which is a bit of a walk from the Metro, but offers a history lesson.
  — Scott Allen, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2023
• Pointer Ridge Elementary was considered an underutilized school, with fewer than 400 students enrolled each year over the past nine years.
  — Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2024
• In the interim, some schools in the district have experienced overcrowding — mostly in the northern part of the county —while others remain underutilized, according to the report.
  — Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2022
• Meanwhile, companies who see value in seasoned talent suddenly have first pick of a pool of underutilized workers.
  — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2024
• Libraries are one of the more underutilized resources in our communities, and this is a rare opportunity to give one of Houston's libraries a truly... modern namesake.
  — Abigail Rosenthal, Chron, 6 May 2021
• Officials have hailed the project, which would be built by a public-private partnership and borrow money from Wall Street to do so, as one that could supercharge development in an underutilized corner of the D.C. suburbs.
  — Teo Armus, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
• An underutilized way that companies can leverage tech to reach new customers is to use personalized email marketing.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 2 May 2022
• The feature remains an underutilized tool that many web surfers could potentially be benefitting from.
  — Hunter Boyce, ajc, 21 June 2022
• Connecticut’s newest waterfront reclamation project is Middletown’s, where officials have announced a plan to readapt a 200-acre swath of underutilized land along the river south of Harbor Park as a new, mixed-use city district.
  — Tom Condon, courant.com, 19 July 2021
• The demise of the housing proposal means the unoccupied and underutilized conditions at the retail center might continue for a considerable time.
  — George Avalos, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2024
• Instead, the community ended up with some underutilized retail space and a polluting truck depot.
  — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2024
• Such spaces had frequently been tabulated as unused or underutilized — and then made available to charters.
  — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
• Such spaces had frequently been tabulated as unused or underutilized — and then made available to charters.
  — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
• But churches and colleges often face big hurdles trying to convert their surplus land and underutilized parking lots into housing because their land is not zoned for residential use.
  — Tran Nguyen, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 26 Jan 2025