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Recent Examples of underemployed
Recent employment statistics suggest that adults with neurodivergent conditions are one of the most unemployed and underemployed groups in the world.
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Julie Kratz, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
In fact, underemployed graduates’ salaries are closer to those of high school diploma holders than workers employed in college-level jobs.
—Preston Cooper, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, policymakers in both parties came to see underemployed African-American men less as an object of economic reform and more as a danger to public safety to be controlled through militarized policing and mass imprisonment.
—Ben Zdencanovic, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
Help disadvantaged populations with job training and support for the underemployed and unemployed youth and adults.
—Silvia Solis, The Arizona Republic, 29 Oct. 2024
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Julie Kratz, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
In fact, underemployed graduates’ salaries are closer to those of high school diploma holders than workers employed in college-level jobs.
—Preston Cooper, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, policymakers in both parties came to see underemployed African-American men less as an object of economic reform and more as a danger to public safety to be controlled through militarized policing and mass imprisonment.
—Ben Zdencanovic, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
Help disadvantaged populations with job training and support for the underemployed and unemployed youth and adults.
—Silvia Solis, The Arizona Republic, 29 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for underemployed
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“Underemployed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underemployed. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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