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Recent Examples of underemployed
The unemployment rate held steady at 4.2% while the underemployed rate, or the share of part-time workers who want full-time jobs, remained unchanged at 7.8%.
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Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 6 June 2025
But verticals are the work of outsiders: a parallel industry of recent film-school graduates, underemployed tradespeople, and creative laborers who have yet to meet the requirements for membership in Hollywood’s various powerful unions.
—Joshua Hunt, Vulture, 5 June 2025
Perhaps some underemployed members of Gen Z will build memes about this.
—Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Only those standing in line for work mistaking their underemployed coworker for their brother can know this feeling, the poem argues.
—Rosie Stockton
may 29, Literary Hub, 29 May 2025
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Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 6 June 2025
But verticals are the work of outsiders: a parallel industry of recent film-school graduates, underemployed tradespeople, and creative laborers who have yet to meet the requirements for membership in Hollywood’s various powerful unions.
—Joshua Hunt, Vulture, 5 June 2025
Perhaps some underemployed members of Gen Z will build memes about this.
—Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Only those standing in line for work mistaking their underemployed coworker for their brother can know this feeling, the poem argues.
—Rosie Stockton
may 29, Literary Hub, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underemployed
unemployed
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And by the way, up to one in five people will soon be unemployed.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
31 July 2025
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The monthly number, which represents the percentage of people who are unemployed and looking for work is expected turn back up to 4.2% when the July jobs report is released on Friday, Aug. 1.—
Jim Sergent,
USA Today,
30 July 2025
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“Underemployed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underemployed. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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