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underutilized

/ˈʌndɚjˌutəlˌaɪzd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.52 in modern English

Syllables
un-der-uti-lized
IPA
/ˈʌndɚjˌutəlˌaɪzd/
24
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Insufficiently utilized.

verb

simple past and past participle of underutilize

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English utilized English underutilized From under- + utilized.

Inflected Forms

more underutilized (comparative) most underutilized (superlative) underutilised (alternative) under-utilized (alternative) under-utilised (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce underutilized?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʌndɚjˌutəlˌaɪzd/.
What does underutilized mean?
Insufficiently utilized.
Where does underutilized come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English utilized English underutilized From under- + utilized.

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