untenured

American  

[uhn-ten-yerd] / ʌnˈtɛn yərd /

adjective

1. unheld, as property or a position.

2. lacking tenure, as a college instructor.

3. not offering or leading to tenure, as some college teaching positions.

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Etymology

Origin of untenured

un- ¹ + tenured

Example Sentences

Fellow organizer and WSU Regents professor of Chemistry and Materials Science Kerry Hipps said many of the supporters are untenured assistant professors who fear retaliation if they speak publicly against the administration.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2024

More than 400 members of the faculty, tenured and untenured, representing engineering, education, meteorology and many other disciplines, signed a letter that lamented the cancellation.

From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2023

“As young, untenured professors,” Ward says, “we felt the only way we could make a statement was through parody.”

From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2021

Some faculty, while supportive of helping more students succeed, are worried that untenured and part-time professors in particular could be pushed by their departments to raise grades.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2021

Students don't really get tenure, of course, the way professors do, but a tenth-year graduate student has probably been around the university longer than any untenured professor.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.