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adjective
- 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.
noun
- underemployed workers collectively.
adjective
- not fully or adequately employed
adj.1908, “not used to optimum capacity,” originally in reference to working persons, from under + past participle of employ.