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part-time adj.

Occupying less than the entire time appropriate to an activity; as, a part-time job. Opposed to full-time.

Employed for less than the full time usually expended at a task or occupation; as, part-time employees; a part-time teacher. Opposed to full-time. Commonly, thirty-five hours per week or more is considered full-time, and less than 30 is part-time work.

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Etymology of 'Part-time'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... continuing body of opinion cares about something more than strictly functional values along the Potomac and in its Basin. It is a long-settled region, whose natives generally cherish what they have in the way of scenic and historic amenities. It is the part-time home of many influential lawmakers, who concern themselves about its beauty and well-being. And together with the national capital at the core of its metropolis, it is the vacation goal of millions of American tourists from elsewhere ...

— The Nation's River - The Department of the Interior Official Report on the Potomac • United States Department of the Interior

Words linked to "Part-time" : underemployed, odd-job, temporary, irregular, half-time