Underemployed [adjective]

Definition of Underemployed:

without a job

Synonyms of Underemployed:

● Idle

● Down

● Free

● Out of work

● Between jobs

● Closed down

● On the bench

● On the dole

● On the shelf

● Out of a job

● Out of action

● Unexercised

● Without gainful employment

Opposite/Antonyms of Underemployed:

● Busy

Sentence/Example of Underemployed:

The majority of theater professionals aren’t working or are woefully underemployed.

Inflation is rising, oil revenues have plunged, foreign investment has all but dried up and more than 55 percent of Nigerians are underemployed or unemployed.