Overemployed
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 simple past and past participle of overemploy form-of, participle, past
- 1 Employed for more hours than full-time work.
"People who remain overemployed tolerate longer hours because they either expect their overemployment to be brief (such as temporary care-giving), or figure that part-time or reduced hours status involves too large a sacrifice in terms of benefit coverage or job status."
- 2 Working multiple jobs at the same time, often without the knowledge of one's employers. Internet
"[Sarah] Murphy is one of the "overemployed"—employees secretly working more than one full-time job, aided by the rise of remote work ushered in by the Covid-19 pandemic."
Example
More examples"People who remain overemployed tolerate longer hours because they either expect their overemployment to be brief (such as temporary care-giving), or figure that part-time or reduced hours status involves too large a sacrifice in terms of benefit coverage or job status."
Etymology
From overemploy + -ed.
From over- + employed.
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