speculative application
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.49 in modern English
35
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
7
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An application for a job with an employer who is not currently advertising any vacancies.
noun
An application for something (such as a permit) that one does not yet know that one definitely needs or that one does not necessarily qualify to receive.
Example Sentences
- "When writing a speculative application, it is best to find out the name of the company's personnel manager."
- "Many people who got their job through a speculative application often say it was a case of their CV hitting the right desk at the right time."
- "There are of course no guarantees when you send in a speculative application; however, it can be something worth doing if there is an organization you are especially keen to work for that doesn't have any advertised opportunities."
- "This speculative application by guides may result in more guided use being assigned than actually demanded. If launches are limited in the future, speculative application by guide services could displace non-commercial users."
- "Relief committees are likely to administer relief in different ways and on different principles, and the knowledge of this encourages speculative applications from the poor."
- "However , there is one exception to this general rule; speculative applications ( i.e. made by developers where the tenant is not yet known ) are, with some exceptions, normally refused."