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Adjective
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Around eighty per cent of people are unemployed.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
2 Jan. 2026 -
Hale’s mother also reportedly told police that because Hale was over 25 and enrolled as a student, parental income no longer factored into financial aid eligibility, allowing Hale to qualify for grant funding despite being unemployed.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
30 Dec. 2025
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Most stories have a catalyzing incident, and Our Unwritten Seoul’s comes when underachieving and underemployed 30-something Mi-ji discovers her identical twin sister, overachieving office worker Mi-ri, is distressed enough to try to hurt herself.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
18 Dec. 2025
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Two seasons ago, Ashley brought in the Sesame Street character known as Deborah, who spent a year entertaining comparisons to Grover and Cookie Monster after wasting all of our time with silly conspiracies involving the perpetually underemployed Chris Bassett.—
Shamira Ibrahim,
Vulture,
1 Dec. 2025
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“Subemployed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subemployed. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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