"underemployed" meaning in English

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Adjective

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Etymology: From under- + employed. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|employed}} under- + employed Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} underemployed (not comparable)
  1. Employed in a job that offers fewer work hours than desired. Tags: not-comparable Related terms: unemployed, malemployed Translations (employed in a job that offers fewer work hours than desired): vajaatyöllistetty (Finnish), subempregado (Portuguese), subempleado (Spanish)
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