Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

welfare trap

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.08 in modern English

Syllables: wel-fare -trap
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A situation where the welfare system discourages people who receive government public assistance payments from entering low-paid work because such work does not produce a significant income increase.

American usage

Example Sentences

"Mr. Hayakawa said there was "a class of able-bodied persons who would rather collect public assistance than take jobs". . . . Cutting off food stamp benefits to these people, he said, would remove a disincentive to work, "close off one of the doors into the welfare trap.""

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

welfare traps (plural)

Phrases

inactivity trap

Frequently Paired Words

inactivity trap

Synonyms

unemployment trap

Questions

What does welfare trap mean?: A situation where the welfare system discourages people who receive government public assistance payments from entering low-paid work because such work does not produce a significant income increase.

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