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wage-slave

wage-slave verb: to work for minimal wages while having little to no professional autonomy.

Verb

wage-slave (third-person singular simple present wage-slaves, present participle wage-slaving, simple past and past participle wage-slaved)

  1. (informal, intransitive, uncommon) To work for minimal wages while having little to no professional autonomy.
  2. (informal, intransitive, uncommon) To perform very unpleasant or drudging work for a wage.

Forms of wage-slave

third-person singular presentwage-slaves
present participlewage-slaving
past participlewage-slaved
pastwage-slaved

Questions about wage-slave

What does wage-slave mean?
Wage-slave means to work for minimal wages while having little to no professional autonomy.
What part of speech is wage-slave?
Wage-slave is a verb.
What is the past tense of wage-slave?
The past tense of wage-slave is wage-slaved.

Words near wage-slave in the dictionary

  1. wage-cucks
  2. wage-earner
  3. wage-earners
  4. wage-fund doctrine
  5. wage-push inflation
  6. wage-slave
  7. wage-slaved
  8. wage-slaves
  9. wage-slaving
  10. wage-worthy
  11. wageable

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