under-employmentn.

Brit.

/ˌʌndərᵻmˈplɔɪm(ə)nt/,

/ˌʌndərɛmˈplɔɪm(ə)nt/, U.S.

/ˌəndərᵻmˈplɔɪmənt/,

/ˌəndərɛmˈplɔɪmənt/

Etymology: under- prefix¹ 5(b).

Insufficient use of resources; spec. a situation in which the number of the unemployed exceeds the number of job vacancies, producing a labour surplus.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > working > labour supply > [noun] > under- or over-employment

under-employment1909

overemployment1923

maldeployment1950

1909 S. Webb & B. Webb Public Organization of Labour Market (Minority Rep. Poor Law Commission ii) iv. 185 The evil of Under-employment is shown in its most common form in the great class of Casual Labourers.

1926 J. Galsworthy Silver Spoon ii. i. 112 To free the country from..under-employment, and over-population.

1944 A. L. Rowse Eng. Spirit xxxii. 225 Carlyle [in Past & Present]..went on to point to the dilemma of over-production and under-employment which is a recurrent trouble of laissez-faire capitalism.

1961 Times 1 Dec. 13/6 This kind of underemployment is to be seen in many sectors of the economy.

1979 Dædalus Spring 90 Underemployment does exist, though, and..there are strategies to pay certain categories of women to take time off or to leave the labor market early.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	under-employment
释义	under-employmentn. Brit. /ˌʌndərᵻmˈplɔɪm(ə)nt/, /ˌʌndərɛmˈplɔɪm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˌəndərᵻmˈplɔɪmənt/, /ˌəndərɛmˈplɔɪmənt/ Etymology: under- prefix¹ 5(b). Insufficient use of resources; spec. a situation in which the number of the unemployed exceeds the number of job vacancies, producing a labour surplus. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > labour supply > [noun] > under- or over-employment under-employment1909 overemployment1923 maldeployment1950 1909 S. Webb & B. Webb Public Organization of Labour Market (Minority Rep. Poor Law Commission ii) iv. 185 The evil of Under-employment is shown in its most common form in the great class of Casual Labourers. 1926 J. Galsworthy Silver Spoon ii. i. 112 To free the country from..under-employment, and over-population. 1944 A. L. Rowse Eng. Spirit xxxii. 225 Carlyle [in Past & Present]..went on to point to the dilemma of over-production and under-employment which is a recurrent trouble of laissez-faire capitalism. 1961 Times 1 Dec. 13/6 This kind of underemployment is to be seen in many sectors of the economy. 1979 Dædalus Spring 90 Underemployment does exist, though, and..there are strategies to pay certain categories of women to take time off or to leave the labor market early. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1909
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