underserved

adjective

un·​der·​served ˌən-dər-ˈsərvd 

: provided with inadequate service

… they then went on to practice among patients who had been previously underserved.

—Andrew Hacker

Examples of underserved in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Glendale opening marks another step in Bezos’s push to build a national preschool network focused on underserved communities. — Fernanda Tronco, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

The district this summer closed or consolidated nine public schools — many of them anchors in underserved communities — and has cut its operating budget. — Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026

Vasquez serves as the chair of the education committee and says the department’s reach extends to more than 300,000 students, teachers and family members every year, often in underserved schools. — Jenelle Riley, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

The measure would regulate federally qualified health centers, or private nonprofit health clinics that provide primary care to medically underserved areas and populations. — Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1710, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for underserved

• conserved
• decurved
• deserved
• incurved
• observed
• preserved
• recurved
• reserved
• subserved
• unnerved
• unserved
• curved