as in unemployed
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Adjective
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But this is making lemonade out of lemons: the provider role is so deeply intertwined with masculinity that unemployed men are more likely to be impotent.—
Joan C. Williams
June 13,
Literary Hub,
13 June 2025 -
This has created an army of unemployed professionals with experience in DEI, foreign aid and public health, for example, competing for scarce jobs in those fields.—
David Hessekiel,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
Adjective
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The unemployment rate held steady at 4.2% while the underemployed rate, or the share of part-time workers who want full-time jobs, remained unchanged at 7.8%.—
Jennifer Liu,
CNBC,
6 June 2025
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But verticals are the work of outsiders: a parallel industry of recent film-school graduates, underemployed tradespeople, and creative laborers who have yet to meet the requirements for membership in Hollywood’s various powerful unions.—
Joshua Hunt,
Vulture,
5 June 2025
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“Subemployed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subemployed. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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