underemployed

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The war is a distant drumbeat, its threat ever audible to Steele’s underemployed, eminently draftable characters from 9,000 miles away.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

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

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

From "Monster" by Walter Dean Myers