Tom is underemployed.
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Underemployed
Synonyms for "underemployed" (11 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (3)
Adjective(3 words)
idle labor reservelow-hour employmentmarginally employed
Strong matches (3)
Adjective(3 words)
Related words (5)
Adjective(5 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
10 entriesMore specific
11 entriescyclical underemploymentemploy below capacitylong-term underemploymentpart-time underemploymentpart-time workerseasonal underemploymentseasonal workershort hours employmentstructural underemploymenttemporary workerunderutilize labor
Collocations
13 entriesemploy below capacitythe underemployedunderemploy graduatesunderemploy skilled laborunderemploy staffunderemploy workersunderemployed adultsunderemployed graduatesunderemployed populationunderemployed professionalsunderemployed studentsunderemployed workersunderemployed youth
Inflections
4 entriesDerivations
4 entriessimilar
2 entriespart timepart-time
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
I found myself underemployed when the company downgraded me from full-time to part-time.
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