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underemployed

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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un·der·em·ployed /ˌʌndərɪmˈplɔɪd◂/ adjective  BEworking in a job where you cannot use all your skills or where there is not enough work for you to do 大材小用的,未能人尽其才的;就业不足的 unemployed
Examples from the Corpus
underemployedAlthough he might well spend his days in one place, obsessively devoted to music-making, he would always be morally underemployed.Those economies which have successfully switched underemployed agricultural labour into manufacturing and service activities have generally achieved significant real economic growth rates.Its wealth was largely non-industrial and it contained an enormous pool of underemployed and unemployed people.This may mean that some workers are unemployed or that all workers are underemployed, or a combination of both.
From Longman Business Dictionaryunderemployedun‧der‧em‧ployed /ˌʌndərɪmˈplɔɪd◂/ adjective not having enough work to doA large proportion of our staff is underemployed.
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underemployed
underemployed /ˌʌndərɪmˈplɔɪd◂/ adjective
working in a job where you cannot use all your skills or where there is not enough work for you to do ⇨ unemployed


under·employedBrE /ˌʌndərɪmˈplɔɪd/ 🔊NAmE /ˌʌndərɪmˈplɔɪd/ 🔊 adjectivenot having enough work to do; not having work that makes full use of your skills and abilities 未充分就业的(指就业不足、没有足够的工作可做,或所做的工作未能充分发挥技能)