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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An inferior or subordinate service.

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Examples

  • Let the labor monopoly over-service and under-service, based on their profit motive at the time.

    Diane Francis: America's Irrational Health Care Status Quo 2009

  • This increase in service revenue was due to a $1 million increase in system service revenue resulting from an increase in the install base under-service contracts, offset by a $0.8 million decline in revenue earned for training and other services.

    Accuray CEO Discusses F1Q2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript -- Seeking Alpha 2010

  • So what we see in both the US and Australia is that, for the most part, the for-profit sector targets either fields of study (e.g. theology, natural medicine, narrow forms of professional education), modes of delivery (online, easily accessible campuses, small classes) or clienteles (working adults, academically weak students) which the other sectors don't service or under-service.

    On Line Opinion - Latest Articles 2009

  • Now and into the future, reliance on a means-tested program will continue to leave modest and even better-off people of all ages at risk of impoverishment and under-service if they need extensive long-term care.

    Center for American Progress Action Fund 2009

  • "Policies that support lifetime continuity of coverage, disease prevention and early treatment, could reduce health-care costs for populations who now reach Medicare eligibility with a history of under-service.

    LaRouche's Latest 2009

  • "Policies that support lifetime continuity of coverage, disease prevention and early treatment, could reduce health-care costs for populations who now reach Medicare eligibility with a history of under-service.

    LaRouche's Latest 2009

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