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Recent Examples of underemployed
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.
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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
The volatility of these jobs means that workers are more frequently underemployed and may struggle to consistently document 20 hours per week of work, increasing the risk that they are cut off SNAP by the three-month time limit.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
Many of us are unemployed or underemployed right now and actively trying to figure it out.
—Essence, 20 Nov. 2025
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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
The volatility of these jobs means that workers are more frequently underemployed and may struggle to consistently document 20 hours per week of work, increasing the risk that they are cut off SNAP by the three-month time limit.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
Many of us are unemployed or underemployed right now and actively trying to figure it out.
—Essence, 20 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underemployed
unemployed
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Over the month the labor force grew by 17,000, the same as the number of people qualified as unemployed.—
Jim Turner,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Apr. 2026
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Casting has not yet been announced for the musical, in which six unemployed steel workers decide to make money by creating their own male strip show.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Underemployed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underemployed. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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