Word: malemployed
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: ma
lem
ployed
Definition: 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.
Morphemes:
Affix: mal-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: bad, badly as in maladjusted, malcontent - faulty, faultily as in malfunction
Etymology Compounds: Affix: mal-
Language: fro
Decoded: mal-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: bad; badly
Affix: employ
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The act of employing someone or making use of something; employment.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: in
Language: la
Decoded: in
Meaning: in
Affix: plicare
Language: la
Decoded: plicare
Meaning: to fold
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: As an extension of the above, when used along with an adjective preceding the noun, describes something that has an object of a particular quality.