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Underresourced vs Underserved - What's the difference?

underresourced | underserved |

As adjectives the difference between underresourced and underserved

is that underresourced is having insufficient resources; poor while underserved is underresourced, not having sufficient service.

As a verb underserved is

past tense of underserve.

underresourced

English

Alternative forms

* under-resourced

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having insufficient resources; poor.
  • (politically correct) Having insufficient resources; poor.
  • *2000 , Steven R. Goldzwig and Patricia A. Sullivan, Electronic Democracy, Virtual Politics, and Local Communities'', in ''Political Communication Ethics: An Oxymoron? (Robert E. Denton, ed.), page 68
  • *:Who was being served when mainstream media coverage focused on President Clinton's personal life rather than on issues in underresourced communities?

    • underserved

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Underresourced, not having sufficient service.
  • (medical) 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.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (underserve)