underemployed
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The result: Increasing numbers of underemployed, overcredentialed and aggrieved young people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Many newly graduated millennials were underemployed, working jobs that didn’t require a college degree.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
Changing the way children are taught might help ensure they are "not left unemployed and sectors that need people are not left underemployed".
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Not that this does you any good if you’re currently unemployed or underemployed, but very rarely are even 1 in 10 Americans looking for work and unable to find it.
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2026
Half the young men of that age group are either unemployed or underemployed.
From "Monster" by Walter Dean Myers
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