underemployed
adjective
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adj
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 employed English underemployed From under- + employed.
- Employed in a job that offers fewer work hours than desired.
“I found myself underemployed when the company downgraded me from full-time to part-time.”