untenured
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8.1
- adjective
- /ʌnˈtɛn.jərd/
- Specialized
- Due to budget cuts, many untenured faculty members were worried about job security at the university.
- an untenured professor
- untenured faculty
- an untenured assistant
Examples
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Students in the aggregate are in a position of power over untenured faculty.
Blog text (10) -
Also, since academic women are typically in untenured positions, they may be perceived by more secure male peers as temporary and powerless.
Blog text (10) -
An untenured woman assistant professor from a small private college writes how on her campus she is caught in the middle:
Academic text (1994) -
The newest member of the faculty, as yet untenured, volunteers to create and maintain it until assistance can be found.
Academic text (2005) -
As ever with the untenured, I was eager to please, to serve, and to prove my mettle.
Academic text (2009) -
Fortunately, the president defended me, but had I been an untenured professor, I am quite certain that the letter might have had some adverse consequences.
Academic text (2003) -
At York University, untenured faculty have been required to put their courses on video, CD-ROM, or the Internet or lose their job.
Academic text (1998) -
In academia, the untenured professor had to publish or perish.
Fiction book (2000) -
They also are the ones who teach graduate students and young, untenured professors about professional norms.
Academic text (1995) -
Further, faculty members' status in regard to tenure seems likely to be relevant, as untenured faculty are more likely to be vulnerable and sensitive to cues and possible threats to their independence and employment.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
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7.2
To not have a permanent job at a college or university
Antonyms
How Secure
- Specialized
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- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word untenured comes from un- meaning 'not' and tenure, from an old Latin root tenere meaning 'to hold'. So an untenured teacher does not 'hold' a permanent job and often must reapply or work without long-term security.