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neither employed nor retired

neither employed nor retired phrase: a professional limbo where someone is too old to easily be hired but too young (or financially unable) to officially retire; a group that has left the workforce but cannot yet access pensions or Social Security benefits.

Phrase

neither employed nor retired

  1. A professional limbo where someone is too old to easily be hired but too young (or financially unable) to officially retire; a group that has left the workforce but cannot yet access pensions or Social Security benefits.

Forms of neither employed nor retired

alternative formNER

Questions about neither employed nor retired

What does neither employed nor retired mean?
Neither employed nor retired means a professional limbo where someone is too old to easily be hired but too young (or financially unable) to officially retire; a group that has left the workforce but cannot yet access pensions or Social Security benefits.
What part of speech is neither employed nor retired?
Neither employed nor retired is a phrase.

Words near neither employed nor retired in the dictionary

  1. Neiswender
  2. Neiswenders
  3. Neith
  4. neither
  5. neither a borrower nor a lender be
  6. neither employed nor retired
  7. neither fish nor flesh
  8. neither fish nor flesh, nor good red herring
  9. neither fish nor fowl
  10. neither fish, flesh, nor fowl
  11. neither fish, flesh, nor good red herring

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