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- adjective Alternative form of
firable .
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Examples
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"We were definitely never told that this could be a 'fireable' offense."
Fanhouse Main 2009
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After memorializing his charges in a lengthy memo -- the "embezzlement" involved free subscriptions to big advertisers, while the slow-walking was, on its face, an outrageous and fireable offense -- he swiftly marched into my office and laid down an ultimatum: "It's him or me: If he's not out by Thursday, I'm gone."
Michael Sigman: One More Thing About Keith Michael Sigman 2011
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One year into his job, he says he was canned after barely missing his rate three days in a row, earning three consecutive writeups -- a fireable offense.
The New Blue Collar: Temporary Work, Lasting Poverty And The American Warehouse 2011
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The network ruled this to be a fireable offense "for the sake of avoiding controversy rather than because someone broke some cardinal rule" against chiming in.
Danny Groner: What Does Juan Williams' Firing Say About Journalism? Danny Groner 2010
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BLOCK: And let me ask you first, do you think that what Juan Williams said was a fireable offense?
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We don't have any teacher's unions down here so if you get charged with a fireable offense, you almost always get fired pretty fast.
Hundreds of teachers paid to do nothing in "rubber rooms" trinfaneb 2009
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The network ruled this to be a fireable offense "for the sake of avoiding controversy rather than because someone broke some cardinal rule" against chiming in.
Danny Groner: What Does Juan Williams' Firing Say About Journalism? Danny Groner 2010
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After memorializing his charges in a lengthy memo -- the "embezzlement" involved free subscriptions to big advertisers, while the slow-walking was, on its face, an outrageous and fireable offense -- he swiftly marched into my office and laid down an ultimatum: "It's him or me: If he's not out by Thursday, I'm gone."
Michael Sigman: One More Thing About Keith Michael Sigman 2011
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The network ruled this to be a fireable offense "for the sake of avoiding controversy rather than because someone broke some cardinal rule" against chiming in.
Danny Groner: What Does Juan Williams' Firing Say About Journalism? Danny Groner 2010
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BLOCK: And let me ask you first, do you think that what Juan Williams said was a fireable offense?
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