Usage Note
Sottoutilizzare means to make insufficient use of a resource, capacity, or skill. It is transitive and takes avere as its auxiliary. It is a formal, bureaucratic or economic register word: sottoutilizzare le risorse disponibili (to underutilize available resources). The related adjective is sottoutilizzato/a.
Examples
"Il paese tende a sottoutilizzare il suo potenziale agricolo."
Natural Translation
The country tends to underutilize its agricultural potential.
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