HyperDic: underemployed

English > 1 sense of the word underemployed:
ADJECTIVEallunderemployedemployed only part-time when one needs full-time employment / employment or not making full use of your skills
underemployed > pronunciation
Soundsah'nderihmploy'd
Rhymesadenoid ... void: 38 rhymes with oyd...
English > underemployed: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaningemployed only part-time when one needs full-time employment / employment or not making full use of your skills.
Examples
  • "migrants are likely to be poor and underemployed"
  • "able people are kept underemployed"
Broaderpart-time, part timeInvolving less than the standard or customary time for an activity
Spanishsubempleado

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