Underemployed
adjective
Not having enough work or not doing work that uses all your skills.
Despite having a master's degree, John was underemployed at the local supermarket.
Often appears as...
- underemployed graduates
- economically underemployed
adjective
Not having enough work or not doing work that uses all your skills.
Despite having a master's degree, John was underemployed at the local supermarket.
Often appears as...
- underemployed graduates
- economically underemployed
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Job Dissatisfaction
Underemployed often implies a sense of dissatisfaction with job roles not matching qualifications.
After years in university, she felt underemployed in a position unrelated to her field.
Pro Tip 2/3Economic Climate
Use 'underemployed' to describe job situations affected by economic downturns where skilled work is scarce.
The economic crisis left many highly educated people underemployed.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Part-time
'Underemployed' does not mean part-time; it involves over-qualification or underutilization of skills.
He's not just working part-time; he's underemployed, not finding work in his trained profession.
Pro Tip 1/3Job Dissatisfaction
Underemployed often implies a sense of dissatisfaction with job roles not matching qualifications.
After years in university, she felt underemployed in a position unrelated to her field.
Pro Tip 2/3Economic Climate
Use 'underemployed' to describe job situations affected by economic downturns where skilled work is scarce.
The economic crisis left many highly educated people underemployed.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Part-time
'Underemployed' does not mean part-time; it involves over-qualification or underutilization of skills.
He's not just working part-time; he's underemployed, not finding work in his trained profession.
Pro Tip 1/3Job Dissatisfaction
Underemployed often implies a sense of dissatisfaction with job roles not matching qualifications.
After years in university, she felt underemployed in a position unrelated to her field.
Pro Tip 2/3Economic Climate
Use 'underemployed' to describe job situations affected by economic downturns where skilled work is scarce.
The economic crisis left many highly educated people underemployed.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Part-time
'Underemployed' does not mean part-time; it involves over-qualification or underutilization of skills.
He's not just working part-time; he's underemployed, not finding work in his trained profession.
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Rachel Botsman: The...
running errands around his life. And 70 percent of this new labor force were previously unemployed or underemployed. I think TaskRabbit and other examples of collaborative consumption are like lemonade stands on steroids. They're just brilliant.
Video examples
How can education foster...
a billion poorly educated unemployed or underemployed Africans would raise unacceptable consequences for the world on the other hand a productive workforce
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Are droids taking our...
as it turns out when tens of millions of people are unemployed or underemployed there's a fair amount of interest in what technology might be doing to the
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Quote examples
Evan Osnos
American Journalist
Deng Xiaoping made a calculation. He bet on demographics. What he knew was that China had this enormous population of young, underemployed people, people who he could move from the farms to the coast and put them to work in factories, and that would be the lifeblood of China's economy.
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John Lewis
American Politician
The March on Washington was a March for Jobs and Freedom. There are still too many people who are unemployed or underemployed in America - they're black, white, Latino, Native American and Asian American.
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Ron Fournier
American Journalist
Barack Obama may have found the answer to his biggest rhetorical challenge: When millions of voters are unemployed or underemployed, how does a president simultaneously sound realistic and optimistic?
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Jerry Costello
American Politician
While some people are certainly seeing economic benefits, many others are unemployed, underemployed, without health insurance and struggling to make ends meet.
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Joe Baca
American Politician
We cannot neglect the unemployed, underemployed and dislocated workers of America who need ample and widespread funding for federal job training services.
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Brianna Keilar
Australian Journalist
On average, military spouses are significantly more educated than their civilian counterparts, but much more likely to be unemployed or underemployed.
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Lindsey Graham
American Politician
Look how many millions of people are underemployed or have lost their jobs. The last thing I'm going to do is play politics with their future.
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Jack Kingston
American Politician
Americans underemployed or unemployed and a President Trump will put them back to work.
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James D. Watson
American Scientist
It's necessary to be slightly underemployed if you are to do something significant.
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Mario Diaz-Balart
American Politician
Millions of Americans are either underemployed or unemployed.
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Evan Osnos
American Journalist
Deng Xiaoping made a calculation. He bet on demographics. What he knew was that China had this enormous population of young, underemployed people, people who he could move from the farms to the coast and put them to work in factories, and that would be the lifeblood of China's economy.
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John Lewis
American Politician
The March on Washington was a March for Jobs and Freedom. There are still too many people who are unemployed or underemployed in America - they're black, white, Latino, Native American and Asian American.
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Ron Fournier
American Journalist
Barack Obama may have found the answer to his biggest rhetorical challenge: When millions of voters are unemployed or underemployed, how does a president simultaneously sound realistic and optimistic?
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Jerry Costello
American Politician
While some people are certainly seeing economic benefits, many others are unemployed, underemployed, without health insurance and struggling to make ends meet.
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Joe Baca
American Politician
We cannot neglect the unemployed, underemployed and dislocated workers of America who need ample and widespread funding for federal job training services.
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Brianna Keilar
Australian Journalist
On average, military spouses are significantly more educated than their civilian counterparts, but much more likely to be unemployed or underemployed.
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Lindsey Graham
American Politician
Look how many millions of people are underemployed or have lost their jobs. The last thing I'm going to do is play politics with their future.
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Jack Kingston
American Politician
Americans underemployed or unemployed and a President Trump will put them back to work.
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James D. Watson
American Scientist
It's necessary to be slightly underemployed if you are to do something significant.
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Mario Diaz-Balart
American Politician
Millions of Americans are either underemployed or unemployed.
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