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overemployment

overemployment noun: the condition of being overemployed.

Noun

overemployment (uncountable)

  1. The condition of being overemployed.
    • People who remain overemployed tolerate longer hours because they either expect their overemployment to be brief (such as temporary care-giving), or figure that part-time or reduced hours status involves too large a sacrifice in terms of benefit coverage or job status.2003, John de Graaf, Take Back Your Time: Fighting Overwork and Time Poverty in America, →ISBN
    • In sum, survey estimates of overemployment may be biased downward if a survey provokes certain implicit assumptions about the current income foregone, and the amount and dimensions of hours reduced and type of gains realized in time off.2006, Jean-Yves Boulin, Michel Lallement, Decent Working Time: New Trends, New Issues, →ISBN, page 215

Origin of overemployment

From over- + employment.

Words formed from overemployment

Questions about overemployment

What does overemployment mean?
Overemployment means the condition of being overemployed.
What part of speech is overemployment?
Overemployment is a noun.

Words near overemployment in the dictionary

  1. overemphatic
  2. overemphatically
  3. overemploy
  4. overemployed
  5. overemploying
  6. overemployment
  7. overemploys
  8. overemptied
  9. overempties
  10. overempty
  11. overemptying

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