0 a situation in which someone or something is not used as much as they should be:
1 the fact of not having enough work to do, only working part time, or of having a job that does not use all your skills:
Unemployment and underemployment are close to 50% in Nicaragua.
Liberian ex-combatants are generally seen as uprooted urban youths with a history of unemployment, underemployment and idleness.
It is unreasonable to believe that agriculture will return to hand labor to reduce unemployment or underemployment.
For example, consider the economy in which the market equilibrium leads to an underemployment when the private agents rationally anticipate the inflation rate.
Production was interrupted in 70 per cent of industrial plants, causing significant unemployment and underemployment.
There was no point in hiring outside labour when the underemployment of certain members of the family was apparent.
Financial exploitation was seen as the consequence of poor economic conditions that resulted in unemployment or underemployment.
Unskilled manual work is an alternative to farming, but underemployment is common.
This outcome is even more likely once we allow for the possibility of underemployment.
