Difference between Part-time and Underemployed

What is the difference between Part-time and Underemployed?

Part-time as an adjective is for, during, or involving less than the normal time for some activity while Underemployed as an adjective is employed in a job for which one is overqualified; or employed in a job that does not pay as much as one wants or expects.

Part-time

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: for, during, or involving less than the normal time for some activity

Underemployed

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Employed in a job for which one is overqualified; or employed in a job that does not pay as much as one wants or expects.

Example sentence: It's necessary to be slightly underemployed if you are to do something significant.

We hope you now know whether to use Part-time or Underemployed in your sentence.

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