under-employment

un·der·em·ployed

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [uhn-der-em-ploid]
- /ˈʌn dər im-ˈplȯi-mənt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [uhn-der-em-ploid]
- /ˈʌn dər im-ˈplȯi-mənt/

Definitions of under-employment word

adjective under-employment employed at a job that does not fully use one's skills or abilities. 1
adjective under-employment employed only part-time when one is available for full-time work. 1
adjective under-employment not utilized fully. 1
noun under-employment underemployed workers collectively. 1

See all 4 definitions of under-employment

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Origin of under-employment

First appearance:

before 1905

One of the 15% newest English words

First recorded in 1905-10; under- + employ + -ed2

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Parts of speech for Under-employment

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Under-employment

under-employment popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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