underemployed

as in unemployed

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Recent Examples of underemployed The initiative aims to address skills gaps and labor shortages in the manufacturing sector and provide opportunities for unemployed and underemployed individuals. Rick Barrett, jsonline.com, 18 Aug. 2025 Evie, who at the start of the book is in the camp of idle, underemployed protagonists that stud much of contemporary fiction, begins to find meaning in her work. Lora Kelley, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2025 Consider underemployed workers and those who are discouraged by hiring conditions. Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 15 July 2025 The group provides support, including professional clothing, to unemployed and underemployed women. Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 10 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for underemployed
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unemployed
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  • The book reaches beyond India, though, and lays out how a transnational empire of fraud is being built in which Indians, alongside unemployed young people from dozens of low-income countries, have become foot soldiers in these scamming operations, sometimes conscripted against their will.
    Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The suspect, who CBS News reports is an unemployed software engineer, has been charged with second-degree murder, according to online court records reviewed by PEOPLE.
    Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025

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“Underemployed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underemployed. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.

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