underemployed
adjective
un·der·em·ployed
ˌən-dər-im-ˈplȯid 
: having less than full-time, regular, or adequate employment
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Nearly 43% of young US grads are underemployed.
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Paulina Cachero, Bloomberg, 13 Apr. 2026
The war is a distant drumbeat, its threat ever audible to Steele’s underemployed, eminently draftable characters from 9,000 miles away.
—Meredith Maran, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Yet, frequent relocations and licensing barriers leave many underemployed or pushed out of the workforce entirely.
—Brooke Creek, Boston Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
Yet just 19% of those grads are considered underemployed, according to the research.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026
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Paulina Cachero, Bloomberg, 13 Apr. 2026
The war is a distant drumbeat, its threat ever audible to Steele’s underemployed, eminently draftable characters from 9,000 miles away.
—Meredith Maran, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Yet, frequent relocations and licensing barriers leave many underemployed or pushed out of the workforce entirely.
—Brooke Creek, Boston Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
Yet just 19% of those grads are considered underemployed, according to the research.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026
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“Underemployed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/underemployed. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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