Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to workers or segments of the paid labor force that are unemployed, underemployed, or underpaid.
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Examples
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More than 17 percent of the work force consisted of subemployed people who worked only spordically.
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Now concerning employment and social security: At the outset of the revolution there were nearly 700,000 unemployed and subemployed; more than
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