noun
Meaning 1
The condition of being underemployed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
underemployment
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Sound
Pronunciation
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Indo-European *h1entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dhí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dhér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English employment English underemployment From under- + employment.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: alityöllisyys — condition of being underemployed
- Finnish: vajaatyöllisyys — condition of being underemployed
- German: Unterbeschäftigung — condition of being underemployed
- Portuguese: subemprego — condition of being underemployed
- Spanish: subempleo — condition of being underemployed
- Turkish: eksik istihdam — condition of being underemployed