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• un|der|em|ployed — «UHN duhr ehm PLOYD», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. not sufficiently employed: a) not put to the fullest or most profitable use: »Lastly, I proceed on the hope…that full employment will mean just that and not a body of workers fully paid but… …   Useful english dictionary

• underemployed — un|der|em|ployed [ ,ʌndərım plɔıd ] adjective not having enough work, or not having a job in which you can use your skills ╾ un|der|em|ploy|ment noun uncount …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• underemployed — un•der•em•ployed [[t]ˌʌn dər ɛmˈplɔɪd[/t]] adj. 1) ecn employed at a job that does not fully use one s skills or abilities 2) cvb employed only part time when one is available for full time work 3) ecn not utilized fully, as machinery or… …   From formal English to slang

• underemployed — un‧der‧em‧ployed [ˌʌndərɪmˈplɔɪd◂] adjective not having enough work to do: • A large proportion of our staff is underemployed. * * * underemployed UK US /ˌʌndərɪmˈplɔɪd/ US  / dɚ / adjective ► not having enough work to do, working only part time …   Financial and business terms

• underemployed — un|der|em|ployed [ˌʌndərımˈplɔıd] adj working in a job where you cannot use all your skills or where there is not enough work for you to do →↑unemployed …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• George Acropolites — or Acropolita (Greek: polytonic|Γεῶργιος Ἀκροπολίτης, Georgios Akropolitês) (1217 or 1220 ndash; 1282), Byzantine Greek historian and statesman, was born at Constantinople.LifeIn his sixteenth year he was sent by his father, the logothete… …   Wikipedia

• Glaeser, Ernst — (1902 1963)    writer; his Jahrgang 1902 (Class of 1902), an autobiographical novel, is ranked among the best fictional accounts of World War I Born to the family of a judge in the Hessian town of Butzbach, he settled in Wiesbaden following… …   Historical dictionary of Weimar Republik