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wage-slaved

wage-slaved is the simple past and past participle of wage-slave.

Meaning of wage-slave

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.

Questions about wage-slaved

What is wage-slaved the simple past and past participle of?
Wage-slaved is the simple past and past participle of wage-slave.

Words near wage-slaved in the dictionary

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

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