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underemployed

/uhn-der-em-ploid/US // ˌʌn dər ɛmˈplɔɪd //UK // (ˌʌndərɪmˈplɔɪd) //

就业不足,未就业,就业不足者,就业不足的人

Related Words

idle闲置,闲置的,空闲,闲散的inactive不活跃,不活跃的,不活动的,不活跃的人jobless无业,失业,无工作,没有工作down下来,下,下来的,下降loafing闲逛,懒惰,游手好闲,偷懒free免费的,免费,自由的,自由disengaged脱离的,失业,脱离了,脱离fired被解雇,被解雇的,被解雇了,被炒鱿鱿out of work失业,没工作,无业,无工作resting休息的时候,休息,休息时,休息时间unoccupied无人居住,无人居住的,闲置,闲置的unused未使用的,未使用,未使用过的,未用的at liberty逍遥自在,自由自在,逍遥法外,自由地closed down停业,已关闭,已关闭的,关闭的laid off下岗,被解雇,下岗人员,下岗职工leisured奢华的,奢侈的,奢华,奢侈on the bench在长椅上,在长凳上,长椅上,凳子上on the dole靠救济金生活,领救济金,靠救济金,领救济金的人on the shelf在货架上,在架子上,在货架上的,在架子上的out of action失效,失败,无效,失业

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : employed at a job that does not fully use one's skills or abilities.
    • : employed only part-time when one is available for full-time work.
    • : not utilized fully.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : underemployed workers collectively.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inunemployed
Synonyms
idle闲置,闲置的,空闲,闲散的inactive不活跃,不活跃的,不活动的,不活跃的人jobless无业,失业,无工作,没有工作down下来,下,下来的,下降free免费的,免费,自由的,自由loafing闲逛,懒惰,游手好闲,偷懒at liberty逍遥自在,自由自在,逍遥法外,自由地between jobs工作之间,工作间隙,工作间歇期,工作间closed down停业,已关闭,已关闭的,关闭的disengaged脱离的,失业,脱离了,脱离fired被解雇,被解雇的,被解雇了,被炒鱿鱿laid off下岗,被解雇,下岗人员,下岗职工leisured奢华的,奢侈的,奢华,奢侈on layoff裁员,裁员时,裁员中,裁员的时候on the bench在长椅上,在长凳上,长椅上,凳子上on the dole靠救济金生活,领救济金,靠救济金,领救济金的人on the shelf在货架上,在架子上,在货架上的,在架子上的out of a job失业,没工作,没有工作,失业的out of action失效,失败,无效,失业out of work失业,没工作,无业,无工作resting休息的时候,休息,休息时,休息时间unapplied未应用的,未适用的,未申请的,未应用unengaged未参与的,未参与,未参加工作,未参加的unexercised未行使的,未行使,未锻炼过的,未行使过unoccupied无人居住,无人居住的,闲置,闲置的unused未使用的,未使用,未使用过的,未用的without gainful employment没有有报酬的工作,没有有报酬的就业,没有有酬工作,没有有偿工作workless无工作,无业,无业游民,无工作的

Examples

  • That means times will remain hard for people like Valerie Moreno, who recently wound up underemployed, again.

  • The majority of theater professionals aren’t working or are woefully underemployed.

  • Inflation is rising, oil revenues have plunged, foreign investment has all but dried up and more than 55 percent of Nigerians are underemployed or unemployed.

  • A new WPA would have helped create jobs and provided some training to underemployed or unemployed youth.

  • A study by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shows 44 percent of recent college graduates are underemployed.

  • And in 2012, over 50 percent of graduates under the age of 25 were either unemployed or underemployed.

  • Wages are rising at a slow rate, up about 2.2 percent in the past 12 months, and too many people are unemployed or underemployed.

  • These men are typically unemployed or severely underemployed, and sometimes also addicted or abusive.

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