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joblike

joblike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a job (employment).

Adjective

joblike (comparative more joblike, superlative most joblike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a job (employment).
    • As the name implies, work sample tests measure job skills by taking samples of behavior under realistic joblike conditions.2009, Frank J. Landy, Jeffrey M. Conte, Work in the 21st Century

Forms of joblike

comparativemore joblike
superlativemost joblike

Origin of joblike

From job + -like.

Questions about joblike

What does joblike mean?
Joblike means resembling or characteristic of a job (employment).
What part of speech is joblike?
Joblike is an adjective.

Words near joblike in the dictionary

  1. Jobins
  2. jobless
  3. joblessly
  4. joblessness
  5. joblife
  6. joblike
  7. Jobling
  8. joblist
  9. joblists
  10. joblives
  11. jobmaker

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