Underserved Definition

undərsʉrvd
adjective
Insufficiently provided with professional services.
Rural and other medically underserved communities.
Webster's New World

(medicine) In regard to health services, refers to populations which are disadvantaged because of ability to pay, ability to access care, ability to access comprehensive healthcare, or other disparities for reasons of race, religion, language group or social status.

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verb

Simple past tense and past participle of underserve.

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Origin of Underserved

  • under- +‎ served

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Underserved Sentence Examples

  • In general, the Women's Plus customer has been underserved in the marketplace.

  • Along those lines, though, it's certainly worth mentioning that plus size couture is a dramatically underserved market.

  • Fortunately, there are now publications like GQ and Men's Vogue that cater to the previously underserved men's fashion market.

  • This disparity is of great concern in large urban areas with underserved populations because of the potential for outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases.

  • The Home Possible mortgage can help people obtain mortgages in underserved areas as well as assist immigrants, retirees and first time homebuyers in attaining home ownership.

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