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threshold worker

threshold worker noun: a worker with very limited skills and experience in his/her chosen career.

Noun

threshold worker (plural threshold workers)

  1. A worker with very limited skills and experience in his/her chosen career.
    • Several special types of unemployed workers are described. These include nonmodal workers, threshold workers, "the unemployables", and the physically handicapped.1934, United States. Bureau of Employment Security, Employment Security Review, volumes 2-5, page 15
    • "Lack of education" and similar replies have been traditional responses to research questions regarding reasons for unemployment of youths or threshold workers.1969, American Vocational Journal, volume 44, page 35

Forms of threshold worker

pluralthreshold workers

Questions about threshold worker

What does threshold worker mean?
Threshold worker means a worker with very limited skills and experience in his/her chosen career.
What part of speech is threshold worker?
Threshold worker is a noun.
What is the plural of threshold worker?
The plural of threshold worker is threshold workers.

Words near threshold worker in the dictionary

  1. threshold effect
  2. threshold effects
  3. threshold of originality
  4. threshold potential
  5. threshold potentials
  6. threshold worker
  7. threshold workers
  8. thresholded
  9. thresholder
  10. thresholders
  11. thresholding

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