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 recent college graduates are underemployed, working in jobs that don’t require their degree and are facing the worst entry-level job market since the pandemic.
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Josh D Shapiro, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026
In the months leading up to her tragic death, Nancy, who was married to Eleanor’s long-time crush Robert (Joel Kinnaman), had been having an affair with Mary’s husband, Howard (Corey Stoll), an underemployed academic.
—Max Gao, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
Nearly 43% of young US grads are underemployed.
—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
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Josh D Shapiro, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026
In the months leading up to her tragic death, Nancy, who was married to Eleanor’s long-time crush Robert (Joel Kinnaman), had been having an affair with Mary’s husband, Howard (Corey Stoll), an underemployed academic.
—Max Gao, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
Nearly 43% of young US grads are underemployed.
—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
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“Underemployed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/underemployed. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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