underutilized
underutilized — 形容詞
- underutilizedpositive
- more underutilizedcomparative
- most underutilizedsuperlative
1. if something or someone is underutilized, they are not given enough work, use, o
未充分利用
未被充分使用或發揮潛力
if something or someone is underutilized, they are not given enough work, use, or attention to reach their full potential, ability, or value.
Reema's language skills were underutilized at the accounting firm, where few clients spoke Spanish.
Reema 的語言能力在她的會計事務所中未被充分利用，因為很少有客戶說西班牙語。
passive: skills + be underutilized + location/context
The community center's library is underutilized — only about ten people visit each week.
社區中心的圖書館未被充分利用——每週只有大約十個人造訪。
attributive reading: underutilized + noun (library/facility)
Eleni felt her creative talents were underutilized in a job that mainly involved data entry.
Eleni 覺得她的創意才能在一份主要處理資料輸入的工作中未被充分利用。
pattern: feel + talents/skills + underutilized + in + role
The hospital's new MRI machine sat underutilized for months because of a staff shortage.
醫院的新 MRI 機器因為人員短缺，閒置了數個月而未被充分利用。
verb + underutilized: sat / remained / lay + underutilized
Linh thinks the local park is underutilized — families rarely use the playground after dark.
Linh 認為當地的公園未被充分利用——天黑後很少有家庭使用遊樂場。
- underutilized resources
- underutilized skills
- underutilized talent
- underutilized facility
- underutilized capacity
- badly underutilized
- sadly underutilized
- remain underutilized
- underused
simpler, more common synonym; used in the same contexts with no real difference in meaning
- untapped
focuses on potential that has not been started or accessed yet, especially of resources or markets
- wasted
stronger and more negative; suggests the loss is someone's fault, not just a missed opportunity
- fully utilized
opposite situation where all capacity is being put to good use
- overworked
opposite extreme — used too much rather than too little, typically of people
文法句型
be underutilized
remain underutilized
feel underutilized
underutilized + noun
用法筆記
Frequently used in discussions about business, education, and public services to describe resources, facilities, skills, or people whose full capacity is not being used. The passive construction (be / become / remain underutilized) is the most common pattern.
常見錯誤
同根字
- underutilize動詞B2
- underutilization名詞C1
- utilize動詞B1
- utilization名詞B1
- utility名詞B2
- unused形容詞B1