untenured
Americanadjective
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unheld, as property or a position.
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lacking tenure, as a college instructor.
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not offering or leading to tenure, as some college teaching positions.
Etymology
Origin of untenured
Example Sentences
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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
It has also been skewered by some critics for using mostly untenured faculty for its online programs and hyping achievements.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2022
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
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. :tera-: /te'r*/ /pref./
From The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0, 24 Jul 1996 by Raymond, Eric S.
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