UNDEREMPLOYED Synonyms: 6 Similar and Opposite Words

underemployed

adjective

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as in unemployed

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Recent Examples of underemployed Yet just 19% of those grads are considered underemployed, according to the research. —

Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026 There are many people who are unemployed or underemployed. —

Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026 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 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 See All Example Sentences for underemployed

Recent Examples of Synonyms for underemployed

unemployed

Adjective

There was a monthly increase of 7,000 unemployed workers, and a jump of 120,000 over the last 12 months.

— Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 1 May 2026
According to court records, Hitchcock was unemployed and had moved into his brother's Orlando home several weeks before the July 31, 1976, killing of Cynthia Driggers, the stepdaughter of Hitchcock's brother.

— CBS Miami Team, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026