under-employedadj.

Brit.

/ˌʌndərᵻmˈplɔɪd/,

/ˌʌndərɛmˈplɔɪd/, U.S.

/ˌəndərᵻmˈplɔɪd/,

/ˌəndərɛmˈplɔɪd/

Etymology: under- prefix¹ 5(a).

Insufficiently employed, not used to the optimum capacity. Chiefly of persons or machinery.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [adjective] > misused > under-used

undersized1657

under-employed1941

under-utilized1964

under-used1976

1908 W. S. Churchill in R. S. Churchill Winston S. Churchill (1969) II. Compan. ii. xii. 852 We cannot distinguish between the unemployed and the under~employed.

1941 Economist 22 Feb. 241/1 The existence of idle or under-employed machinery—and labour—is sheer waste to the war effort.

1962 Daily Tel. 15 June 14/2 There is ample evidence of a progressively under~employed industry and of a turn to export business to employ spare capacity.

1980 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts Feb. 150/2 No sensible organization keeps an expensive designer under-employed.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	under-employed
释义	under-employedadj. Brit. /ˌʌndərᵻmˈplɔɪd/, /ˌʌndərɛmˈplɔɪd/, U.S. /ˌəndərᵻmˈplɔɪd/, /ˌəndərɛmˈplɔɪd/ Etymology: under- prefix¹ 5(a). Insufficiently employed, not used to the optimum capacity. Chiefly of persons or machinery. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [adjective] > misused > under-used undersized1657 under-employed1941 under-utilized1964 under-used1976 1908 W. S. Churchill in R. S. Churchill Winston S. Churchill (1969) II. Compan. ii. xii. 852 We cannot distinguish between the unemployed and the under~employed. 1941 Economist 22 Feb. 241/1 The existence of idle or under-employed machinery—and labour—is sheer waste to the war effort. 1962 Daily Tel. 15 June 14/2 There is ample evidence of a progressively under~employed industry and of a turn to export business to employ spare capacity. 1980 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts Feb. 150/2 No sensible organization keeps an expensive designer under-employed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1908
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