Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

neither employed nor retired

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.97 in modern English

Syllables
nei-ther em-ployed nor re-tired
IPA
37
Scrabble Score
25
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

A professional limbo where someone is too old to easily be hired but too young (or financially unable) to officially retire; a group that has left the workforce but cannot yet access pensions or Social Security benefits.

Inflected Forms

NER (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

NEET

Questions

What does neither employed nor retired mean?
A professional limbo where someone is too old to easily be hired but too young (or financially unable) to officially retire; a group that has left the workforce but cannot yet access pensions or Social Security benefits.

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