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- adjective
Unemployed ; not employed in one's preferred field.
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Examples
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"The first term is '99ers,' referring to out-of-work Americans who have exhausted their 99 weeks of unemployment benefits," he wrote in an e-mail.
NYT > Home Page By JENNIFER SCHUESSLER 2011
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"A kind of psychological transformation has to take place; the out-of-work have to stop blaming themselves for their hard times and turn their anger on the bosses, the bureaucrats or the politicians who are in fact responsible."
Peter Dreier: Glenn Beck's Attacks on Frances Fox Piven Trigger Death Threats Peter Dreier 2011
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House lawmakers voted to end a withholding tax on government contractors and create a tax credit for firms that hire out-of-work veterans.
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More than 25% of the working population in Merthyr Tydfil and Blaenau Gwent are claiming out-of-work benefits, either incapacity benefit or jobseeker's allowance.
Iain Duncan Smith's Work Programme has one fatal flaw – there isn't any work 2011
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In January, it signed a cooperation agreement with Germany to push German companies to offer jobs in Germany to out-of-work Spaniards, focusing on the engineering, health and tourism sectors.
Spaniards Seek Jobs in Germany Jonathan House 2011
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What other out-of-work politician is elevated to the same level as the president during a national event, as Palin was with her speech on the Arizona tragedy?
Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [152] -- A Palin-Free Month? Chris Weigant 2011
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What other out-of-work politician is elevated to the same level as the president during a national event, as Palin was with her speech on the Arizona tragedy?
Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [152] -- A Palin-Free Month? Chris Weigant 2011
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"A kind of psychological transformation has to take place; the out-of-work have to stop blaming themselves for their hard times and turn their anger on the bosses, the bureaucrats or the politicians who are in fact responsible."
Peter Dreier: Glenn Beck's Attacks on Frances Fox Piven Trigger Death Threats Peter Dreier 2011
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What other out-of-work politician is elevated to the same level as the president during a national event, as Palin was with her speech on the Arizona tragedy?
Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [152] -- A Palin-Free Month? Chris Weigant 2011
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The cult British comedy "Withnail and I" 1987, a dark film following the lives of two out-of-work, heavy-drinking actors as they embark on a weekend in the Lake District, has provided numerous wine-related quotes that have almost become satirical folklore.
Cinematic Reflections Will Lyons 2011
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