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Adjective
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Before Apricity, Koehler bounced between jobs and was unemployed for two years.—
Miranda Dunlap,
jsonline.com,
13 Feb. 2026 -
There are many people who are unemployed or underemployed.—
Harriette Cole,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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There are many people who are unemployed or underemployed.—
Harriette Cole,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Most stories have a catalyzing incident, and Our Unwritten Seoul’s comes when underachieving and underemployed 30-something Mi-ji discovers her identical twin sister, overachieving office worker Mi-ri, is distressed enough to try to hurt herself.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
18 Dec. 2025
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“Subemployed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subemployed. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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