subemployed

adjective

Definition of subemployednext
as in unemployed

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  1. unemployed
  2. underemployed
Adjective
  • The movement was formed in May 2026 to protest the government’s cancellation of medical school entrance exams and after India’s Chief Justice Surya Kant likened unemployed youth to cockroaches.
    — Amrita Basu, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Mainly because Larry was now unemployed and only had enough saved up for nine more months.
    — Blake J. Harris, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of unemployed
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  • Other novelists have turned to acidic, class-conscious portraits of the underemployed—see Andrew Martin and Halle Butler.
    — Ryan Chapman, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Things happen but both my SILs have perfectly capable male spouses who insist on being very underemployed.
    — Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of underemployed
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“Subemployed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subemployed. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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