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Meaning of malemployed | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Employed in a job for which one is overqualified or overeducated, usually a job that does not pay as much as one wants or expects.

not-comparable

Examples

“Mal-employed college grads earn half of what their degree-appropriately employed peers do, a difference that adds up to tens of thousands of dollars per year, and millions over a lifetime.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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