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un·der·served

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  1. underservedadjective

    Underresourced, not having sufficient service.

  2. underservedadjective

    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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  1. underserved

    An underrepresented group describes a subset of a population that holds a smaller percentage within a significant subgroup than the subset holds in the general population. Specific characteristics of an underrepresented group vary depending on the subgroup being considered.

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  1. underserved

    Underserved refers to a group or population that lacks access to necessary resources, services, or opportunities, typically due to social or economic disparities. These individuals or communities may be marginalized, ignored, or overlooked, resulting in limited access to education, healthcare, employment, housing, transportation, or other key provisions required for a decent quality of life.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of underserved in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of underserved in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of underserved in a Sentence

  1. Miguel Cardona:

    This means acknowledging that many of the students who have been underserved during the pandemic are the same ones who have had to deal with barriers to a high-quality education since well before COVID-19.

  2. David Marcus:

    If you look at the people who currently are underserved or not served at all, who live on the margin of our financial system because they can't afford the cost of our current financial system, why wait ? i understand that there is a cost for the company and for all of us to do this right now, but the cost is much greater every day that the very people that we want to serve are not served... If you think about it that way, then there's just no better time. You have to move. You have to act.

  3. Rob Bonta:

    Medication abortion is safe, effective, and serves as a lifeline for people in need of critical care, especially those from vulnerable and underserved communities, i am disappointed that Walgreens has decided to give in to political pressure from anti-abortion states, and cut off access to these necessary and lifesaving medications.

  4. Susan Cartsonis:

    The female audience is a very enthusiastic, underserved audience. We go to see movies with our girlfriends, men and children and we want to tell everyone we know about it.

  5. Rick Singer:

    So I just want to make sure out stories are the same... and that your $ 400K was paid to our foundation to help underserved kids, uh, perfect.

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