Standard Lemma guide
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adj
Underresourced; not having sufficient service.
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adj
Underresourced; not having sufficient service.
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
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adj
Underresourced; not having sufficient service.
Poorly served.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
simple past and past participle of underserve
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Usage: form-of, participle, past
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History
From under- + served.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Indo-European *h1entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dhí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dhér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English serve English underserve English -ed English underserved From underserve + -ed.
