underemployed
adjective
un·der·em·ployed
ˌən-dər-im-ˈplȯid 
: having less than full-time, regular, or adequate employment
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These jobs exist in Boston’s core and provide a clear path to the middle class for those unemployed, underemployed workers, veterans, and or union workers looking to upgrade their skills, and those with employment challenges such as CORIs.
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Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 9 Mar. 2024
The education system’s college-for-all model is overproducing underemployed knowledge workers.
—Oren Cass, Foreign Affairs, 16 Jan. 2025
His verdict was not unique to underemployed freelance writers in the Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn.
—Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
Over time, this technology would eliminate jobs, creating a permanently unemployed and underemployed portion of the population.
—Robin Varghese, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2018
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Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 9 Mar. 2024
The education system’s college-for-all model is overproducing underemployed knowledge workers.
—Oren Cass, Foreign Affairs, 16 Jan. 2025
His verdict was not unique to underemployed freelance writers in the Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn.
—Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
Over time, this technology would eliminate jobs, creating a permanently unemployed and underemployed portion of the population.
—Robin Varghese, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2018
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“Underemployed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/underemployed. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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