underemployment
noun/ˌʌndərɪmˈplɔɪmənt/
/ˌʌndərɪmˈplɔɪmənt/
[uncountable]- a lack of enough paid work; a lack of work that makes full use of a person's skills and abilities
- Mass unemployment and underemployment mean that a large part of the population live in a state of precarity.
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