Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

malemployed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: malem-ployed
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From mal- + employed.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mal

Frequently Paired Words

malemployment unemployed underemployed

Questions

What does malemployed mean?: 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.
Where does malemployed come from?: From mal- + employed.

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