Meanings
noununderemployment (uncountable)
- uncountableThe condition of being underemployed.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
- Proto-Germanic*under
- Proto-West Germanic*undar
- Old Englishunder-
- Middle Englishunder-
- Englishunder-
- Englishemployment
- Englishunderemployment
From under- + employment.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish alityöllisyys, vajaatyöllisyys
- alityöllisyyscondition of being underemployed
- vajaatyöllisyyscondition of being underemployed
German Unterbeschäftigung
- Unterbeschäftigungcondition of being underemployed
Portuguese subemprego
- subempregocondition of being underemployed
Spanish subempleo
- subempleocondition of being underemployed
Turkish eksik istihdam
- eksik istihdamcondition of being underemployed
Cite this entry
APA
underemployment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underemployment
MLA
“underemployment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underemployment. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underemployment,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underemployment.
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