Underpatronized
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Not receiving enough clients or customers.
"Likewise, the new $52 million, 1.3-mile streetcar line, a pet project of the mayor, which runs from downtown to the giant construction site of South Lake Union, and whose shiny red, orange and purple cars are cute, quaint and eerily underpatronized."
Example
More examples"Likewise, the new $52 million, 1.3-mile streetcar line, a pet project of the mayor, which runs from downtown to the giant construction site of South Lake Union, and whose shiny red, orange and purple cars are cute, quaint and eerily underpatronized."
Etymology
From under- + patronized.
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