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Underemployed Definition & Meaning

underemployed
adjective
  1. employed only part-time when one needs full-time employment or not making full use of your skills; "migrants are likely to be poor and underemployed"; "able people are kept underemployed"

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What does underemployed mean?
employed only part-time when one needs full-time employment or not making full use of your skills; "migrants are likely to be poor and underemployed"; "able people are kept underemployed"
What part of speech is underemployed?
Underemployed is an adjective.

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