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wage-slaving

wage-slaving is the present 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-slaving

What is wage-slaving the present participle of?
Wage-slaving is the present participle of wage-slave.

Words near wage-slaving in the dictionary

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

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