as in unemployed
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Adjective
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Venues of all sizes have been shuttered and many music industry members are now unemployed, from band members, talent agents, stage crew staff and audio engineers to tour bus drivers, box office employees, security guards and backstage caterers.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2025 -
And more female workers — 28.6% — are functionally unemployed than male workers, whose true rate of unemployment stands at 20%, according to LISEP.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
26 May 2025
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Even underemployed graduates, 52% work in roles not requiring degrees, prefer retail or office jobs over dirty work, despite lower pay.—
Jack Kelly,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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These jobs exist in Boston’s core and provide a clear path to the middle class for those unemployed, underemployed workers, veterans, and or union workers looking to upgrade their skills, and those with employment challenges such as CORIs.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
9 Mar. 2024
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“Subemployed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subemployed. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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