underemployed meaning

UK US /ˈʌndərɪmplɔɪd/ 4 syllables

underemployed (adjective): employed only part-time when one needs full-time employment or not making full use of your skills.

Definition of underemployed

  1. employed only part-time when one needs full-time employment or not making full use of your skills
    • migrants are likely to be poor and underemployed
    • able people are kept underemployed

    Similar: part-time

How to pronounce underemployed

underemployed is pronounced /ˈʌndərɪmplɔɪd/ in American English. It has 4 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.

Words that rhyme with underemployed

Scrabble score: 22 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with UN · words ending in ED · 13-letter words

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