underemployed

Example Sentences

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FDR’s Corps provided infrastructure jobs for underemployed American workers.

From Seattle Times

Instead they are living in cities, often jobless or underemployed.

From Washington Post

The main character, Allie Fox, is still an underemployed genius and a crackpot inventor, who on the spur of the moment transports his family to Latin America.

From New York Times

Many skid row residents live in cramped rooms in converted flophouses and other buildings, are un- or underemployed, and mark time outside on street corners and parks.

From Los Angeles Times

Some lost their jobs last March and are still unemployed or underemployed.

From Washington Times