UNDEREMPLOYED

underemployed

(adjective) employed only part-time when one needs full-time employment or not making full use of your skills; “migrants are likely to be poor and underemployed”; “able people are kept underemployed”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

underemployed (not comparable)

Employed in a job that offers one fewer work hours than one wishes.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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Coffee Trivia

In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.

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