underemployed
Use Underemployed in a sentence
dər noun
4.
underemployed workers collectively.
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underemployed (ˌʌndərɪmˈplɔɪd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| not fully or adequately employed | |
| underem'ployment | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
But these firms are oases in a desert of the unemployed and underemployed.
Many are underemployed, barely making ends meet through adjunct gigs and contract work.
The unemployed or underemployed lose such skills as they have acquired and become chronically superfluous to the economy.
Most of the training offered by the public workforce system is available for individuals who are unemployed or underemployed.
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