Definition of "underemployment" []

• The condition of being underemployed. (noun)

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• "A measure that includes all three groups -- discouraged workers, unemployed workers and part-time workers -- is called the underemployment rate."
• "A measure that includes all three groups - discouraged workers, unemployed workers and part-time workers - is called the underemployment rate."
• "Altogether these 21 million Americans comprise what is sometimes called the underemployment rate, which hit 13.5 percent in December."