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overemployment

em·ploy·ment
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [em-ploi-muh nt]
    • /ɛmˈplɔɪ mənt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [em-ploi-muh nt]
    • /ɛmˈplɔɪ mənt/

Definitions of overemployment word

  • noun overemployment an act or instance of employing someone or something. 1
  • noun overemployment the state of being employed; employ; service: to begin or terminate employment. 1
  • noun overemployment an occupation by which a person earns a living; work; business. 1
  • noun overemployment the total number of people gainfully employed or working. 1
  • noun overemployment an activity or the like that occupies a person's time: She found knitting a comforting employment for her idle hours. 1
  • noun overemployment the situation where workers cannot reduce the time or the number of hours they spend earning an income 0
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Origin of overemployment

First appearance:

before 1585
One of the 35% oldest English words
First recorded in 1585-95; employ + -ment

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Parts of speech for Overemployment

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Overemployment

overemployment popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for overemployment

noun overemployment

  • overdoing — to do to excess; overindulge in: to overdo dieting.
Just one Synonym for overemployment

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