underserved
adjUK /ˌʌndəˈsɜːvd/ · CA, US /ˌʌndɚˈsɝvd/
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
Medicine, Sciences Disadvantaged with regard to health services because of inability to pay, inability to access care, or other disparities for reasons of race, religion, language group or social status.
3
Poorly served.
- 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.2021 February 24, Philip Haigh, “A shift from cars: Scotland's railways are friends of electric!”, in RAIL, number 925, page 31:
- Derived terms
- nonunderserved