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BabyAvocado
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Quick question: Is 'unutilized' a word?
Dictionary.com says no, but Miriam-webster.com has an entry (and I would have to subscribe to see it).
Morewords says yes...
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SweetestOfPeas
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Re: Quick question: Is 'unutilized' a word?
I perfer saying "under utilized". I never heard anyone say unutilized before
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| Posted 7/3/07 5:01 PM |
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leighla
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Re: Quick question: Is 'unutilized' a word?
Posted by SweetestOfPeas
I perfer saying "under utilized". I never heard anyone say unutilized before
That's what I was going to say.
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| Posted 7/3/07 5:02 PM |
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Phyl
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Re: Quick question: Is 'unutilized' a word?
Posted by leighla
Posted by SweetestOfPeas
I perfer saying "under utilized". I never heard anyone say unutilized before
That's what I was going to say.
Me too.
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| Posted 7/3/07 5:03 PM |
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Goldi0218
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Re: Quick question: Is 'unutilized' a word?
"Under utilized" would imply that an item was not used to its potential or not used enough whereas "unutilized" would imply that something was not used at all. "Un" is a prefix that means "not."
ETA: My dictionary says "unutilized" is not a word
Message edited 7/3/2007 5:09:03 PM.
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SweetestOfPeas
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Re: Quick question: Is 'unutilized' a word?
Posted by Goldi0218
"Under utilized" would imply that an item was not used to its potential or not used enough whereas "unutilized" would imply that something was not used at all.
ETA: My dictionary says "unutilized" is not a word
true... but I still never heard anyone say unutilized. doesn't mean that the word doesn't actually exist though.
Message edited 7/3/2007 5:09:13 PM.
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Blu-ize
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Re: Quick question: Is 'unutilized' a word?
I guess the right word would be unused.
Message edited 7/3/2007 5:10:03 PM.
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leighla
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Re: Quick question: Is 'unutilized' a word?
I would just go with unused.
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Goldi0218
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Re: Quick question: Is 'unutilized' a word?
I got a note from one of my students' mothers that said "Johnny incompleted his homework." Now I know "incomplete" is not a verb.
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browneyedgirl
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Re: Quick question: Is 'unutilized' a word?
i would say "not utilized"
as in: "The payment plan we offered to the couple was not utilized by them."
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| Posted 7/3/07 5:13 PM |
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eroxgirl
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Re: Quick question: Is 'unutilized' a word?
I don't think that's a real word. Of course, if the president decides to say it, it might become a word.
'Normalcy' was not a word until a past president used it in a speech (back in the 20's I think), and now it's an accepted word.
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| Posted 7/3/07 5:14 PM |
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Kara
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Re: Quick question: Is 'unutilized' a word?
Posted by Blu-ize
I guess the right word would be unused.
Or you can just say "not utilized"
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nrthshgrl
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Re: Quick question: Is 'unutilized' a word?
Posted by browneyedgirl
i would say "not utilized"
as in: "The payment plan we offered to the couple was not utilized by them."
I would use this option too.
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| Posted 7/3/07 5:18 PM |
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Kate07
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Re: Quick question: Is 'unutilized' a word?
Yes it is. I work for a firm that has utilization goals and all the time it is either:
"Her time is being unutilized"
"He is under utilized"
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| Posted 7/3/07 5:35 PM |
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rojerono
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Re: Quick question: Is 'unutilized' a word?
Posted by Kate07
Yes it is. I work for a firm that has utilization goals and all the time it is either:
"Her time is being unutilized"
"He is under utilized"
It sounds awkward though, doesn't it?
Unutilized sounds like it HAD been utilized... but now that usage is being taken away. Like deconstructing something? Oh well.
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| Posted 7/3/07 5:48 PM |
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sasha96
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Re: Quick question: Is 'unutilized' a word?
you can always check in google. search:
define: unutilized
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| Posted 7/3/07 5:49 PM |
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MsMBV
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Re: Quick question: Is 'unutilized' a word?
Posted by SweetestOfPeas
I perfer saying "under utilized". I never heard anyone say unutilized before
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codybear
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Re: Quick question: Is 'unutilized' a word?
Posted by nrthshgrl
Posted by browneyedgirl
i would say "not utilized"
as in: "The payment plan we offered to the couple was not utilized by them."
I would use this option too.
me three.
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