Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underemployment

/ˌʌndɚɪmplˈɔɪmənt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-em-ploy-ment
IPA: /ˌʌndɚɪmplˈɔɪmənt/

25

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The condition of being underemployed.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English employment English underemployment From under- + employment.

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

unemployment malemployment

Rhymes With

employment unemployment deployment enjoyment redeployment reemployment

Questions

How do you pronounce underemployment?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌʌndɚɪmplˈɔɪmənt/.
What does underemployment mean?: The condition of being underemployed.
Where does underemployment come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English employment English underemployment From under- + employment.

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