out of work

See also: out-of-work

English

Alternative forms

• out-of-work

Prepositional phrase

out of work

1. unemployed, or having nothing to do
2. (dated) not working correctly; out of order
   • 1955, Franklin G. Moore, Manufacturing Management, page 812:

     This lost time was caused mainly because the operator had to find the dispatcher and notify him that the machine was out of work.

Translations

unemployed — see unemployed