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underemployment

underemployment noun: the condition of being underemployed.

Noun

underemployment (uncountable)

  1. The condition of being underemployed.

underemployment meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Kannada

underemployment in Tamil

தகுதி குறைந்த வேலை

underemployment in Bengali

স্বল্পকর্মসংস্থান, অর্জিত যোগ্যতা

underemployment in Kannada

ಅಪೂರ್ಣ ಉದ್ಯೋಗ, ಉದ್ಯೋಗದ ಕೊರತೆ

Origin of underemployment

From under- + employment.

Questions about underemployment

What does underemployment mean?
Underemployment means the condition of being underemployed.
What is underemployment in Tamil?
Underemployment in Tamil is தகுதி குறைந்த வேலை. See Underemployment meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is underemployment?
Underemployment is a noun.

Words near underemployment in the dictionary

  1. underemphasize
  2. underemphasized
  3. underemphasizes
  4. underemphasizing
  5. underemployed
  6. underemployment
  7. underendowed
  8. underenforce
  9. underenforced
  10. underenforcement
  11. underenforces

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: underemployment (page history and authors); underemployment (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Underemployment (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); underemployment (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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