subemployed

as in unemployed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subemployed
Adjective
  • With fewer businesses hiring, recently unemployed people face a harder time finding a new job.
    Erica E. Phillips, Hartford Courant, 13 May 2025
  • Summers predicted such a downturn would leave an additional 2 million Americans unemployed, a more than 28% increase from the 7.1 million unemployed Americans in March, and a $5,000 or greater decline in annual household income.
    Derek Saul, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
Adjective
  • Even underemployed graduates, 52% work in roles not requiring degrees, prefer retail or office jobs over dirty work, despite lower pay.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
  • These jobs exist in Boston’s core and provide a clear path to the middle class for those unemployed, underemployed workers, veterans, and or union workers looking to upgrade their skills, and those with employment challenges such as CORIs.
    Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 9 Mar. 2024
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“Subemployed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subemployed. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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