🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

श्रम अल्पउपयोग

Pronunciation / Transliteration: shram alpayupyog

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Labor-underutilization/ˈleɪ.bɚ ˌʌn.dɚˌjuː.təl.əˈzeɪ.ʃən/
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"श्रम अल्पउपयोग देश की आर्थिक प्रगति को प्रभावित करता है।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An economic metric that measures the shortfall in labor force engagement, including unemployment, involuntary part-time work, and discouraged workers.

    "The central bank closely monitors labor-underutilization rates to gauge the true health of the job market."
  2. 2

    The underuse of a workforce's potential skills, education, or available working hours.

    "Severe labor-underutilization often occurs during economic recessions when skilled professionals are forced to take lower-tier jobs."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of the English noun 'labor' (from Middle English, via Old French from Latin labor meaning toil or distress) and the compound 'underutilization' (formed from the prefix under- and utilization, from French utiliser and ultimately Late Latin utilis). It emerged primarily within 20th-century economic and labor market statistics to describe systemic inefficiencies in workforce engagement.

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🇫🇷French → English

sous-utilisation de la main-d'œuvre

Transliteration: su-zutilizasjɔ̃ də la mɛ̃ duvœʁ

"La sous-utilisation de la main-d'œuvre reste un problème économique majeur."

🇩🇪German → English

Arbeitskräfteunterauslastung

Transliteration: ˈaʁbaɪtsˌkʁɛftəˌʊntɐʔaʊsˌlastʊŋ

"Die anhaltende Arbeitskräfteunterauslastung dämpft das Lohnwachstum."

🇮🇹Italian → English

sottoimpiego della forza lavoro

Transliteration: sottoimpiego della forza lavoro

"Il tasso di sottoimpiego della forza lavoro è diminuito quest'anno."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

subutilización de la fuerza laboral

Transliteration: subutilisasyon de la fwersa laboral

"La subutilización de la fuerza laboral afecta la productividad nacional."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

subutilização da mão de obra

Transliteration: subutilizasɐ̃w da mɐ̃w dji ɔbɾɐ

"A subutilização da mão de obra é um indicador crítico para economistas."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

श्रम अल्पउपयोग

Transliteration: shram alpayupyog

"श्रम अल्पउपयोग देश की आर्थिक प्रगति को प्रभावित करता है।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

劳动力利用不足

Transliteration: láodònglì lìyòng bùzú

"政府正在采取措施解决劳动力利用不足的问题。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

노동력 유휴화

Transliteration: nodongryeok yuhuhwa

"현재 경제 상황은 심각한 노동력 유휴화를 보여주고 있습니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

労働力不完全雇用

Transliteration: roudouryoku fukanzen koyou

"労働力不完全雇用の指標は経済政策において重要です。"

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