Example Sentences

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I think we have a lot of underskilled workers, what I would call undereducated workers in our county.

From Washington Times • Oct. 4, 2015

Matt King must do that even though he’s underskilled as a parent and unaware of the value of acknowledging and respecting the feelings of his 17- and 10-year old daughters.

From Time • Nov. 22, 2011

At the other end is a willing but underskilled group that is seeing its prospects undermined by workers in countries like China in low-end manufacturing and by a skills mismatch in emerging industries.

From Time • Jan. 6, 2011

"But it will take a while to filter down to unemployed workers" who are underskilled and undereducated and have worked in fields where jobs are scarce.

From Washington Post • Jan. 4, 2011

To their dismay, these individuals are learning that being overskilled�or too narrowly skilled�can be almost as bad as being undereducated or underskilled.

From Time Magazine Archive