underemployed en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English employed English underemployed From under- + employed.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Employed in a job that offers fewer work hours than desired.
I found myself underemployed when the company downgraded me from full-time to part-time.
Relateds
Translations (4)
pt subempregado (employed in a job that offers fewer work hours than desired) · fi vajaatyöllistetty (employed in a job that offers fewer work hours than desired) · es subempleado (employed in a job that offers fewer work hours than desired) · de unterbeschäftigt (employed in a job that offers fewer work hours than desired)