untenured

American  

[uhn-ten-yerd] / ʌnˈtɛn yərd /

adjective

1. unheld, as property or a position.

2. lacking tenure, as a college instructor.

3. not offering or leading to tenure, as some college teaching positions.

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Etymology

Origin of untenured

un- ¹ + tenured

Example Sentences

Fellow organizer and WSU Regents professor of Chemistry and Materials Science Kerry Hipps said many of the supporters are untenured assistant professors who fear retaliation if they speak publicly against the administration.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2024

Some in the discipline, particularly graduate students and untenured faculty members, worry that administrators at small colleges and public universities will simply use the changes as an excuse to cut programs.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2021

Cases in which a tenured faculty member, or even an untenured teacher, take wholly noxious stands don’t occur all that often, but they’re not unprecedented.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2020

The life of an untenured adjunct professor is especially grim.

From Washington Post • Apr. 10, 2018

Students don't really get tenure, of course, the way professors do, but a tenth-year graduate student has probably been around the university longer than any untenured professor.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.