out of work
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See also: out-of-work
English
Alternative forms
Prepositional phrase
- unemployed, or having nothing to do
- (dated) not working correctly; out of order
- 1955, Franklin G. Moore, Manufacturing Management, page 812:
- This lost time was caused mainly because the operator had to find the dispatcher and notify him that the machine was out of work.
Translations
unemployed — see unemployed
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