underemployed
adjective
un·der·em·ployed
ˌən-dər-im-ˈplȯid 
: having less than full-time, regular, or adequate employment
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It’s loosely based on a nineteen-eighties TV series of the same title, in which Lee Majors played an underemployed stuntman named Colt Seavers, who moonlighted as a bounty hunter.
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 2 May 2024
For instance, much cybercrime is masterminded by underemployed men from countries with underdeveloped tech economies.
—Scott Shapiro, WIRED, 8 Jan. 2024
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 2 May 2024
For instance, much cybercrime is masterminded by underemployed men from countries with underdeveloped tech economies.
—Scott Shapiro, WIRED, 8 Jan. 2024
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“Underemployed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/underemployed. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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