Definition of underutilize. 1  transitive verb. : 2  to utilize less than fully or below the potential use.
However, going by state of birth, it's Virginia, where 8 presidents have been born (George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, and Woodrow Wilson).
Since my hometown of Quincy, IL is named after a U.S. President -- John Quincy Adams, our 6th President -- I decided to use this week's column to focus on Presidents who toiled as inventors. By the way, there are 12 states that contain a Quincy: CA, FL, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MI, MO, OH, PA and WA. While Thomas Jefferson, our nation s 3rd President, was the most accomplished inventor among all the U.S. Presidents, he did not hold a patent on any of his inventions.