underworked
adjective, verb
underworked is spelled U-N-D-E-R-W-O-R-K-E-D: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 63 million words in written English, the 249,463rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, underworked means “Ineffectively or inadequately utilized” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in underworked?
| Letters | 11: U-N-D-E-R-W-O-R-K-E-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 63 million words; the 249,463rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is underworked?
Underworked appears about once in every 63 million words in written English, the 249,463rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce underworked?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-underworked.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of underworked
- more underworked comparative
- most underworked superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does underworked mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Ineffectively or inadequately utilized.
The malicious boss thought that all of his employees were underworked.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of underwork
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does underworked come from?
From under- + worked.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).