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  • verb Present participle of underuse.

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Examples

  • I always thought he was underusing his powers to "manipulate the code." if you were really in his position, you could simply shatter the code Smith used to make himself real into millions of 1s and 0s.

    Filmstalker: What film thing do you want in real life? 2009

  • The first change I'm making is to open up this blog more - it began for me as somewhere to put down a few thoughts, the occasional short story, Question of the Week post, bits and pieces really - since I've jumped onto the Twitter bandwagon I realise how much I've been underusing my web presence see, I've even paid attention to some of the web marketing spam!

    The new year starts in September! Chickenlady 2009

  • NIMH Director Dr. Thomas Insel says the U.S. is both overusing and underusing medications in kids and explains why "we haven\'t found quite the right balance" ...

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: The medicated child: faq: frequently asked questions 2008

  • NIMH Director Dr. Thomas Insel says the U.S. is both overusing and underusing medications in kids and explains why 'we haven't found quite the right balance' ...

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: The medicated child: faq: frequently asked questions 2008

  • These errors in judgment are specific instances of a more general isolation effect, whereby people respond quickly to a decision or choice set, focusing on salient aspects while ignoring or underusing logically relevant information that is not immediately before them.

    McCaffery & Baron on Thinking About Tax 2006

  • These errors in judgment are specific instances of a more general isolation effect, whereby people respond quickly to a decision or choice set, focusing on salient aspects while ignoring or underusing logically relevant information that is not immediately before them.

    March 2006 2006

  • Caregivers are underusing the kind ofcare that can enhance the natural progress of labor and birth.

    OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005

  • But it dawned on me that most Americans have been severely underusing these new resources.

    Rocco’s 5 Minute Flavor Rocco DiSpirito 2005

  • But it dawned on me that most Americans have been severely underusing these new resources.

    Rocco’s 5 Minute Flavor Rocco DiSpirito 2005

  • It is underusing a major segment of its human resources and delaying attainment of an important goal of the Civil Service Reform Act of

    Npr Report Human Resource Management Part A ITY National Archives 1994

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