underworking
Not pulling weight
Underworking describes the act of working less than expected, required, or optimal.
Someone who is underworking may be putting in fewer hours than their job demands, exerting less effort than a task requires, or deliberately holding back productivity.
The term can apply to employees coasting through their duties, machines running below capacity, or anyone not pulling their weight: The manager suspected her team was underworking while she was away.
Avoiding obligatory tasks
- loafingPassing time idly
- slackingAvoiding effort deliberately
- coastingMoving without active effort
- idlenessState of doing nothing
procrastination · dawdling · lollygagging · time-wasting · goldbricking · malingering · skiving · half-hearted
Performing below one's capability
- subparBelow acceptable quality
- inefficiencySuboptimal use of resources
- untappedNot yet utilized
- squanderedCarelessly used up
underproducing · inadequate · substandard · mediocre · lackluster · unrealized · underdeveloped · dormant
Limited work schedule
- underemployedInadequately employed for qualifications
- underutilizationInsufficient use of resources
- job-sharingSplitting one role between two
- casualRelaxed and informal
temporary · seasonal · freelance · contractual · unpaid · volunteer · subsistence · moonlighting
Lacking adequate force
- idleWithout activity or purpose
- standbyReady substitute awaiting use
- detunedShifted from standard pitch
- underclockedRunning below rated frequency
shirking
Avoiding obligatory tasks
idleness · procrastination · dawdling · lollygagging · time-wasting · goldbricking · malingering · skiving · half-hearted · foot-dragging
underachievement
Performing below one's capability
- subparBelow acceptable quality
- inefficiencySuboptimal use of resources
- untappedNot yet utilized
squandered · underproducing · inadequate · substandard · mediocre · lackluster · unrealized · underdeveloped · dormant · latent
part-time
Limited work schedule
- underemployedInadequately employed for qualifications
- underutilizationInsufficient use of resources
- job-sharingSplitting one role between two
casual · temporary · seasonal · freelance · contractual · unpaid · volunteer · subsistence · moonlighting · self-employed
underpowered
Lacking adequate force
underworkingoverworking
Laboring beyond healthy limits
overexerting · overexertion · burning out · grinding · hustling
underworkingoverachieving
Performing beyond expectations
outperforming · going above and beyond · overperforming · giving 110% · excelling
underworkingovercommitting
Promising more than feasible
giving 110% · slaving away · toiling · laboring · striving
work, worker, working, rework, workable, undertaking, undermine, overwork, underlying