underemployed

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Younger men are underemployed, falling behind women in educational terms, and struggling with mental and physical health issues.

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2025

Mr. Rogen is more than comfortable as a well-heeled mogul who’s essentially likable albeit arrogant, and if Mr. Ansari comes across as too intelligent to be so chronically underemployed, he makes for a fine everyman.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

Last summer, Inside Higher Ed highlighted a report finding that “more than half of bachelor’s degree holders are underemployed a year after graduation.”

From Slate • May 20, 2025

Erica Tay, an economist at Maybank Investment Banking Group, said that since China considers employment as working at least one hour per week, there’s no way to account for underemployed youth.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2024

Half the young men of that age group are either unemployed or underemployed.

From "Monster" by Walter Dean Myers