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underutilize

/ˌʌn.dɚˈjuː.tɪ.laɪz/verb

underutilize is a verb meaning “underuse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled U-N-D-E-R-U-T-I-L-I-Z-E and has 5 syllables.

What does underutilize mean?

verb

  1. 1

    underuse

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce underutilize?

  • UK /ˌʌn.dəˈjuː.tɪ.laɪz/
  • UK [ˌɐn.dəˈjuː.tɪ.laɪz]
  • US /ˌʌn.dɚˈjuː.tɪ.laɪz/

Underutilize has 5 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-underutilize.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of underutilize

  • underutilizes present, singular, he/she/it
  • underutilizing participle, present
  • underutilized participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does underutilize come from?

From under- + utilize.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).