Word: underemployment
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: un
der
em
ploy
ment
Definition: The condition of being underemployed.
Morphemes:
Affix: under-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently, below what is correct; subordinate to; beneath or behind.
Affix: employe
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: dated form of employee.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: employé
Language: fr
Decoded: employe
PoS: Noun
Meaning: employee
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.