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job-stopper

job-stopper is the alternative form of jobstopper.

Meaning of jobstopper

Noun

jobstopper (plural jobstoppers)

  1. (derogatory, slang) A large prominent tattoo; a tattoo that makes it difficult for the wearer to secure employment.
    • Call to ban face tattoos for under-21s after rise in youngsters seeking extreme 'jobstopper' inkings made fashionable by celebrities including Justin Bieber2019 November 18, “Tattooists' group calls for ban on face tattoos for under-21s”, in Daily Mail
  2. (colloquial) A problem that totally impedes a project.
    • In the final pre-launch phase, in which a car is tested to destruction, any breakdown is a "job stopper."1991, Peter G. W. Keen, Shaping the Future: Business Design Through Information Technology, [Boston, Mass.] : Harvard Business School Press

Forms of job-stopper

pluraljob-stoppers

Questions about job-stopper

What is job-stopper the alternative form of?
Job-stopper is the alternative form of jobstopper.

Words near job-stopper in the dictionary

  1. job-shadow
  2. job-shadowed
  3. job-shadowing
  4. job-shadows
  5. job-sharing
  6. job-stopper
  7. job-stoppers
  8. joba
  9. Joback method
  10. jobama
  11. Joban

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