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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The underused 100 East office tower's redevelopment would create 373 apartments by early 2028.
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Tom Daykin, jsonline.com, 18 July 2025
Meanwhile, companies lose money on underused benefits that could have helped attract, retain and empower their teams.
—Bydr. Marita Kinney, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
Even without it, Sheriff Cross has unrelated and unresolvable issues with Mayor Garcia; years earlier Garcia may have had some sort of relationship with Louise (Emma Stone, underused, to say the least), now the sheriff’s wife.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2025
The newspaper offices even had a sorely underused test kitchen.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Tom Daykin, jsonline.com, 18 July 2025
Meanwhile, companies lose money on underused benefits that could have helped attract, retain and empower their teams.
—Bydr. Marita Kinney, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
Even without it, Sheriff Cross has unrelated and unresolvable issues with Mayor Garcia; years earlier Garcia may have had some sort of relationship with Louise (Emma Stone, underused, to say the least), now the sheriff’s wife.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2025
The newspaper offices even had a sorely underused test kitchen.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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“Underused.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/underused. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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