malemployed

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adjective

Employed in a job for which one is overqualified or overeducated, usually a job that does not pay as much as one wants or expects.

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Meanings

adjectivemalemployed (not comparable)
  1. not comparableEmployed in a job for which one is overqualified or overeducated, usually a job that does not pay as much as one wants or expects.

    Mal-employed college grads earn half of what their degree-appropriately employed peers do, a difference that adds up to tens of thousands of dollars per year, and millions over a lifetime.

    2013 October 2, Rana Foroohar, “Forget Unemployment, Time to Worry About ‘Mal-Employment’”, in Time

Origin

From mal- + employed.

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APA

malemployed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malemployed

MLA

“malemployed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malemployed. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “malemployed,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malemployed.

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