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underemployed - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
adjective adjective noun the.
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
adjective Employed in a job for which one is overqualified ; or employed in a job that does not pay as much as one wants or expects.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
adjective
Etymologies
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under- + employed .
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We're seeing more clients that have -- what we call underemployed , where they may be holding multiple jobs to make ends meet.
CNN Transcript Dec 27, 2009 2009
We're seeing more clients that have -- what we call underemployed , where they may be holding multiple jobs to make ends meet.
CNN Transcript Nov 28, 2009 2009
We're seeing more clients that have -- what we call underemployed , where they may be holding multiple jobs to make ends meet.
CNN Transcript Nov 28, 2009 2009
We are seeing more clients that have what we call underemployed , where they may be holding multiple jobs to make ends meet or maybe that they are not getting a full 40 hours a week, so they are looking for something better.
CNN Transcript Dec 26, 2009 2009
I see a lot of that in underemployed poorly educated white trash ….
Think Progress » Pentagon Shooter Was Right-Wing, Anti-Government Terrorist 2010
As someone who has had direct experience with layoffs, I can tell you for sure that being slightly underemployed is WAY better than being unemployed.
Matthew Yglesias » Time to Invest in Netflix Stock 2008
Adding people who are working part-time but would prefer full-time jobs, nearly 27 million are "underemployed " - 17.1 percent of American adults, up from 16.7 percent in August and close to a record.
The Guardian World News 2010
Adding those people plus others who are working part time but would prefer full-time jobs, nearly 27 million are "underemployed " - 17.1 percent of American adults, up from 16.7 percent in August and close to a record.
Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010
Worse still, is the level of the "underemployed " -- those who are working at McDonald's but hoping to replace that job they had at a company that paid their mortgage and car payments, that are now being paid out of savings erosion.
Dawn's early Light - A Townhall.com user blog 2010
Taylor has joined the burgeoning ranks of the "underemployed " - the 8.9 million Americans who would prefer full-time jobs but must make do with part-time work.
The Memphis Daily News 2009
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