Malemployed
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Employed in a job for which one is overqualified or overeducated, usually a job that does not pay as much as one wants or expects. not-comparable
"Mal-employed college grads earn half of what their degree-appropriately employed peers do, a difference that adds up to tens of thousands of dollars per year, and millions over a lifetime."
Example
More examples"Mal-employed college grads earn half of what their degree-appropriately employed peers do, a difference that adds up to tens of thousands of dollars per year, and millions over a lifetime."
Etymology
From mal- + employed.
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