laid-off
Definition
- Adjective:
- Having lost one's job, typically because the employer no longer needs or can afford the position: Describes the state of being dismissed from employment, usually not due to the employee's performance but because of broader organizational reasons such as downsizing, restructuring, or economic conditions.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The laid-off workers received severance packages and career counseling.
- She has been laid-off for three months and is actively searching for a new job.
- The factory closure resulted in hundreds of laid-off employees.
Advanced Usage
- "to be laid-off": This is the common verb phrase from which the adjective is derived. It describes the action of an employer terminating employment for reasons of redundancy.
- Many employees were laid-off during the company's restructuring.
- "the laid-off": Used as a collective noun to refer to a group of people who have lost their jobs.
- The government announced new training programs for the laid-off.
Variants and Related Words
- Layoff (n): The act of dismissing employees, or an instance of such dismissal.
- The company announced a round of layoffs last quarter.
- Lay off (phrasal verb): To dismiss an employee from a job, typically for economic reasons.
- The store had to lay off several cashiers.
Synonyms
- Dismissed: Removed from a job.
- Let go: Informally dismissed from employment.
- Made redundant: Primarily British English for being laid-off because one's job is no longer required.
- Terminated: Ended employment (can be for any reason, including cause).
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Lay off: To cease employing someone, usually due to lack of work.
- The manufacturer was forced to lay off 30% of its workforce.
Related Idioms
- To get the pink slip: An informal idiom meaning to be dismissed from a job.
- After the merger, many long-time employees got the pink slip.
- To be out of a job: To be unemployed.
- When the project ended, the contractors were suddenly out of a job.
Adjective
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having lost your job
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