employment
noun
an act or instance of employing someone or something.
overemployment
-
a word derived from
employment.
Example Sentences
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More recently, Wired magazine reporter Fadeke Adegbuyi explored overemployment.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2022
Proponents of overemployment argue that they’re simply turning the tables on years of exploitation and under-compensation.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2022
I first heard about overemployment early in the coronavirus pandemic from a neighbor who knew of several software engineers holding two full-time jobs at once.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2022
While the U.S. nursed its unemployment aches, most places in the Common Market labored under the opposite affliction: overemployment.
From Time Magazine Archive
Likewise, because a man is in military uniform does not require that his speech be terse, cold, given to the biting of words and the overemployment of professional jargon.
From The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 by United States. Dept. of Defense
