underemployed

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Brendan Fraser gives an endearingly heartfelt performance as an underemployed American actor who has lived in Japan for seven years and speaks its language.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

Last summer, Inside Higher Ed highlighted a report finding that “more than half of bachelor’s degree holders are underemployed a year after graduation.”

From Slate • May 20, 2025

And, as they are also often unemployed or underemployed following displacement, many suffer a significant drop in income.

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2024

Erica Tay, an economist at Maybank Investment Banking Group, said that since China considers employment as working at least one hour per week, there’s no way to account for underemployed youth.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2024

Half the young men of that age group are either unemployed or underemployed.

From "Monster" by Walter Dean Myers