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window sitter

window sitter noun: an employee who is given a desk job with no real responsibilities, often by a window, to make them feel excluded and encourage them to quit voluntarily.

Noun

window sitter (plural window sitters)

  1. (Japan) An employee who is given a desk job with no real responsibilities, often by a window, to make them feel excluded and encourage them to quit voluntarily.

Forms of window sitter

pluralwindow sitters

Questions about window sitter

What does window sitter mean?
Window sitter means an employee who is given a desk job with no real responsibilities, often by a window, to make them feel excluded and encourage them to quit voluntarily.
What part of speech is window sitter?
Window sitter is a noun.
What is the plural of window sitter?
The plural of window sitter is window sitters.

Words near window sitter in the dictionary

  1. window seat
  2. window seats
  3. window shopping
  4. window sill
  5. window sills
  6. window sitter
  7. window sitters
  8. window stool
  9. window stools
  10. window swallow
  11. window swallows

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