underemployment

/ˌəndɝɪmˈpɫɔɪmənt/ noun

The condition of being underemployed.

Word Origin Employ comes from Latin implicare 'to enfold, involve' — literally 'to fold in.' When you're employed, you're folded into a job. Underemployment adds the prefix under- 'beneath' to mean you're not fully folded in, you're working below your capacity. The same root plicare gives us imply (fold in meaning), complicate (fold together), and reply (fold back).

noun The condition of being underemployed. countable

The high rate of underemployment indicates many workers are in jobs below their skill level.

(名词) 就业不足;低度就业

高就业不足率表明许多工人从事低于其技能水平的工作。

(sustantivo) La condición de estar subempleado.

La alta tasa de subempleo indica que muchos trabajadores ocupan puestos por debajo de su nivel de habilidad.

(nom) sous-emploi; sous-utilisation [Situation d'une personne qui occupe un emploi en deçà de ses qualifications, ou qui travaille moins d'heures qu'elle ne le souhaiterait.]

Le taux élevé de sous-emploi montre que de nombreux travailleurs occupent des postes inférieurs à leur niveau de qualification.

(Substantiv) Unterbeschäftigung [Zustand, in dem eine Person eine Tätigkeit ausübt, die unter ihrem Qualifikationsniveau liegt oder nicht ihrer Ausbildung entspricht.]

Die hohe **underemployment**-Rate deutet darauf hin, dass viele Arbeitnehmer Jobs unterhalb ihres Qualifikationsniveaus ausüben.

(名詞) 不完全雇用。能力や資格以下の仕事しかしていない状態。

不完全雇用の高い割合は、多くの労働者が自分の技能水準以下の仕事に従事していることを示している。

(substantivo) subemprego [A condição de estar subempregado.]

A alta taxa de subemprego indica que muitos trabalhadores estão em funções abaixo do seu nível de habilidade.

Word parts: under + employ + ment

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