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Vinony

underserved

adjective

  1. receiving insufficient service
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌʌndəˈsɜːvd/ / /ˌʌndɚˈsɝvd/ / /ˌɐndəˈsɜːvd/

adj

Etymology: From under- + served.

  1. Underresourced; not having sufficient service.

    “Many families who live paycheck-to-paycheck are currently underserved by the financial services industry.”

  2. Underresourced; not having sufficient service.
  3. Underresourced; not having sufficient service.

    “It's too early to say precisely which corridors it will use, but TS notes a potential focus on underserved areas with poor connectivity - a need to improve access to the city centre, hospitals, colleges, employment centres, shopping centres and leisure facilities.”

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér 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 serve English underserve English -ed English underserved From underserve + -ed.

  1. simple past and past participle of underserve