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Recent Examples of underemployed
According to the same Strada report, 73% of graduates who start out underemployed remain that way a decade after completing their degree.
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Allie Danziger, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
Chris’ oldest friend, Matt (Danny McCarthy), a boisterous, underemployed actor who's still reeling from a recent divorce, is going with them—his teenage son was supposed to come along, but bailed at the last minute.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 9 Aug. 2024
In it, Andie (Ringwald) is an artsy, offbeat teenager who’s keeping her underemployed dad afloat by working at a record store.
—Julie Tremaine, Peoplemag, 13 June 2024
When employment failed to keep up with population growth, the region found itself with a large pool of underemployed labor—engaged seasonally on the farm, working in the gray market, or tending to small private plots on collective farms.
—Artemy Kalinovsky, Foreign Affairs, 2 Aug. 2018
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Allie Danziger, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
Chris’ oldest friend, Matt (Danny McCarthy), a boisterous, underemployed actor who's still reeling from a recent divorce, is going with them—his teenage son was supposed to come along, but bailed at the last minute.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 9 Aug. 2024
In it, Andie (Ringwald) is an artsy, offbeat teenager who’s keeping her underemployed dad afloat by working at a record store.
—Julie Tremaine, Peoplemag, 13 June 2024
When employment failed to keep up with population growth, the region found itself with a large pool of underemployed labor—engaged seasonally on the farm, working in the gray market, or tending to small private plots on collective farms.
—Artemy Kalinovsky, Foreign Affairs, 2 Aug. 2018
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“Underemployed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underemployed. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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