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Meaning of "underuse" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNDERUSE

underuse  [ˌʌndəˈjuːz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNDERUSE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Underuse is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb underuse in English.

WHAT DOES UNDERUSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of underuse in the English dictionary

The definition of underuse in the dictionary is to use to an insufficient degree.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO UNDERUSE

PRESENT

Present
I underuse
you underuse
he/she/it underuses
we underuse
you underuse
they underuse
Present continuous
I am underusing
you are underusing
he/she/it is underusing
we are underusing
you are underusing
they are underusing
Present perfect
I have underused
you have underused
he/she/it has underused
we have underused
you have underused
they have underused
Present perfect continuous
I have been underusing
you have been underusing
he/she/it has been underusing
we have been underusing
you have been underusing
they have been underusing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I underused
you underused
he/she/it underused
we underused
you underused
they underused
Past continuous
I was underusing
you were underusing
he/she/it was underusing
we were underusing
you were underusing
they were underusing
Past perfect
I had underused
you had underused
he/she/it had underused
we had underused
you had underused
they had underused
Past perfect continuous
I had been underusing
you had been underusing
he/she/it had been underusing
we had been underusing
you had been underusing
they had been underusing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will underuse
you will underuse
he/she/it will underuse
we will underuse
you will underuse
they will underuse
Future continuous
I will be underusing
you will be underusing
he/she/it will be underusing
we will be underusing
you will be underusing
they will be underusing
Future perfect
I will have underused
you will have underused
he/she/it will have underused
we will have underused
you will have underused
they will have underused
Future perfect continuous
I will have been underusing
you will have been underusing
he/she/it will have been underusing
we will have been underusing
you will have been underusing
they will have been underusing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would underuse
you would underuse
he/she/it would underuse
we would underuse
you would underuse
they would underuse
Conditional continuous
I would be underusing
you would be underusing
he/she/it would be underusing
we would be underusing
you would be underusing
they would be underusing
Conditional perfect
I would have underuse
you would have underuse
he/she/it would have underuse
we would have underuse
you would have underuse
they would have underuse
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been underusing
you would have been underusing
he/she/it would have been underusing
we would have been underusing
you would have been underusing
they would have been underusing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you underuse
we let´s underuse
you underuse
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to underuse
Past participle
underused
Present Participle
underusing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNDERUSE


abuse
əˈbjuːz
accuse
əˈkjuːz
amuse
əˈmjuːz
confuse
kənˈfjuːz
diffuse
dɪˈfjuːz
dues
djuːz
excuse
ɪkˈskjuːz
fuse
fjuːz
Hughes
hjuːz
ill-use
ˈɪlˈjuːz
Matthews
ˈmæθjuːz
muse
mjuːz
news
njuːz
over-use
ˌəʊvəˈjuːz
refuse
rɪˈfjuːz
reuse
riːˈjuːz
Syracuse
ˈsaɪrəˌkjuːz
use
juːz
values
ˈvæljuːz
virtues
ˈvɜːtjuːz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNDERUSE

underthings
underthirst
underthrust
undertime
undertint
undertone
undertook
undertow
undertrick
undertrump
underused
underutilise
underutilization
underutilize
underutilized
undervaluation
undervalue
undervalued
undervaluer
undervaluing

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNDERUSE

abstruse
because
cause
ceruse
child abuse
cruse
druse
Father of the House
house
masseuse
mouse
pause
peruse
reperuse
ruse
spouse
the House
Toulouse
warehouse
widow´s cruse

Synonyms and antonyms of underuse in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «underuse» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNDERUSE

Find out the translation of underuse to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of underuse from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «underuse» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

使用不足
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

infrautilización
570 millions of speakers

English

underuse
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

underuse
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الكفاية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

недостаточное
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

subutilização
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

underuse
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la sous-utilisation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kurang upaya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Unterforderung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

underuse
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

저조한 사용
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Underuse
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

underuse
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

underuse
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दुटप्पी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yetersiz kullanımı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sottoutilizzo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niedostateczne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

недостатнє
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

underuse
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ελλιπής χρήση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geringe gebruik
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

utnyttjar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

underforbruk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of underuse

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNDERUSE»

The term «underuse» is normally little used and occupies the 111.122 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «underuse» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of underuse
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNDERUSE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «underuse» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «underuse» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about underuse

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNDERUSE»

Discover the use of underuse in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to underuse and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Underuse and Overuse of Colonoscopy Among Survivors of ...
Survivors of colorectal cancer are at increased risk for both a local recurrence of their cancer and a second primary colorectal cancer.
Talya Salz, 2008
2
Risk Control and Quality Management in Neurosurgery
A Paradigm for Evaluating Quality in Neurosurgery Mark Chassin has suggested that quality problems can be categorized into overuse, underuse and misuse of healthcare interventions [2]. This paradigm has heuristic value and can be readily  ...
H.-J. Steiger, E. Uhl, 2001
3
Essential Readings in Health Policy and Law
... Screening Treatment Screening Underuse Underuse Underuse Overuse Underuse Underuse Underuse Underuse Underuse Underuse Underuse Overuse Underuse Underuse Underuse Underuse Underuse Underuse Counseling or ...
Joel Teitelbaum, Sara Wilensky, 2008
4
Progressives, Patterns, Pedagogy: A Corpus-driven Approach ...
6.1.4) - overuse of a couple of verb-preposition collocations, e.g. coming back, getting at, looking at, and working on underuse (or missing) of some typical BNC/ BoE verb-preposition collocations, e.g. agreeing with, dealing with, ringing up, and ...
Ute Römer, 2005
5
Cardiothoracic Surgery in the Elderly
2.13 Agespecific and overall hospital mortality rates for CABG; 1991–2006 (from The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Table 2.1 Recent literature examining rates of underuse and overuse. 40-49 yo 50-59 yo 60-69 yo 70-79 yo  ...
Mark R. Katlic, 2011
6
Managing Health Organizations for Quality and Performance
Quality deficiencies can be divided into three broad categories: underuse, overuse, and misuse. Underuse, overuse, and misuse can be addressed using different perspectives. One such approach is whether professional standards were met.
L. Fleming Fallon (Jr.), James W. Begun, William Joseph Riley, 2013
7
Fluency in Native and Nonnative English Speech
LOCNEC mean 3-grams significant underuse significant underuse fewer with respect to both for 100% (N I 50) types and tokens 4-grams significant underuse significant underuse fewer with respect to both for 92% (N I 46) types and tokens  ...
Sandra Götz, 2013
8
The Individual and the Welfare State: Life Histories in Europe
Along the whole life course, a slightly higher (although not significantly) proportion of underuse is reported in NL as compared to DK and SE, except in the childhood period. In all three countries, underuse does not exceed 17% at all ages, with ...
Axel Börsch-Supan, Martina Brandt, Karsten Hank, 2011
9
Encyclopedia of Health and Aging
Drug underuse, or undermedication, is defined as the omission of drug therapy that is indicated for the treatment or prevention of a disease or condition. The consequence of drug underuse in the care of an older adult may include uncontrolled ...
Kyriakos S. Markides, 2007
10
Linking Up Contrastive and Learner Corpus Research
The prediction is confirmed by Granger (1997: 188), who observes that the underuse of adnominal –ed clauses by EFL learners is especially noticeable in the Dutch learner corpus. Thus, transfer most likely plays a role in the underuse of ...
Gaëtanelle Gilquin, Szilvia Papp, Mara Beln Dez-Bedmar, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNDERUSE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term underuse is used in the context of the following news items.
1
New study: 80% of people with established cardiovascular disease …
In other words, 80% of people with established cardiovascular disease significantly underuse statins. Additionally, Prime found: 27% had no statin claim in 2014 ... «PR Newswire, Jul 15»
2
HC Raps Government for Underuse of Tribal Welfare Funds
KOCHI: Coming down heavily on the State Government for not fully utilising the funds allocated for development of the tribal people in the State, the Kerala High ... «The New Indian Express, Jun 15»
3
Pharmacists Can Correct Asthma Controller Medication Underuse
Asthma controller medications are underused in neighborhoods with high rates of asthma-related emergency room use and hospitalization, but pharmacists are ... «Pharmacy Times, May 15»
4
The Underuse of Clozapine in Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia remains one of the most challenging illnesses to treat. Antipsychotic medications have revolutionized the management of this illness and helped ... «Psychiatry Advisor, Apr 15»
5
Medication Underuse: The Most Underappreciated Quality-of-Care …
In particular, underuse of evidence-based medications is an underappreciated quality problem, one that is often discovered through a patient-centered approach ... «Pharmacy Times, Mar 15»
6
Analysis of SYNTAX Patients Documents Underuse of OMT
Underuse of OMT seen in our data is consistent with other studies suggesting that a significant proportion of patients with [CAD] and those undergoing coronary ... «TCTMD, Mar 15»
7
Stem Cell Transplants: Underuse Still a Problem
However, wide variations and the underuse of HSCTs exist in some areas, likely because of resource shortages, according to a study published online February ... «Medscape, Mar 15»
8
Public Release: 26-Feb-2015 The Lancet Hematology: Experts warn …
This is likely to reflect substantial underuse of this therapy, say the authors, suggesting that more patients would have been treated with allogeneic ... «EurekAlert, Feb 15»
9
Millennials: Underuse Them at Your Peril
Case in point: In my consulting work, I once visited a large—strike that, very large—company, one of the leaders in the tech sector. Something stood out to me, ... «Business 2 Community, Feb 15»
10
MPs flag ministries' underuse of land resources
The panel of MPs was particularly concerned with the underuse of land, buildings and equipment, such as at the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA). «AsiaOne, Feb 15»

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