Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

job backwards

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English

Syllables: job back-wards
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To reassess one's original decisions (e.g. investments) with hindsight, determining how they might have been better chosen.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"They maintain that Sir William has "jobbed backwards"; that people who invested in the mines were indulging in a speculation, and that because the speculation has failed the whole matter has been considered by Sir William as if it concerned […]"
"[…] it would seem necessary to undertake a series of ex post studies, selecting present major science-based industries and jobbing backwards so as to relate their present value to the network of scientific discoveries judged essential to them."

Usage

Intransitive verb

Inflected Forms

jobs backwards (present, singular) jobbing backwards (participle, present) jobbed backwards (participle, past) jobbed backwards (past)

Questions

What does job backwards mean?: To reassess one's original decisions (e.g. investments) with hindsight, determining how they might have been better chosen.

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