underemployed

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ employed.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

underemployed (not comparable)

1. 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.

Translations

employed in a job that offers fewer work hours than desired

• Finnish: vajaatyöllistetty
• Portuguese: subempregado
• Spanish: subempleado (es)

See also

• unemployed
• malemployed