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out-of-work

out-of-work adjective: unemployed; not employed in one's preferred field.

Adjective

out-of-work (not comparable)

  1. Unemployed; not employed in one's preferred field.
    • He is an out-of-work actor, seeking a part-time job.

Questions about out-of-work

What does out-of-work mean?
Out-of-work means unemployed; not employed in one's preferred field.
What part of speech is out-of-work?
Out-of-work is an adjective.

Words near out-of-work in the dictionary

  1. out-of-towners
  2. out-of-townish
  3. out-of-tree
  4. out-of-universe
  5. out-of-whack
  6. out-of-work
  7. out-paramour
  8. out-paramour the Turk
  9. out-paramoured
  10. out-paramoured the Turk
  11. out-paramouring

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