underemployed

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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

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

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2025

Jack, the investment broker who teams up with Tess in more ways than one, is played by Anoop Desai in a dashing but theatrically underemployed performance.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 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

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

From "Monster" by Walter Dean Myers