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pink-slipped

 

Definitions from WordNet

Adjective pink-slipped has 1 sense
  1. discharged, dismissed, fired, laid-off, pink-slipped - having lost your job
    Antonym: employed (indirect, via unemployed)

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Term: pink-slipped

Description:

Pink-slipped refers to the act of being fired or laid off from a job. The term originated from the practice of giving an employee a pink slip, or termination notice, as a formal notification of their employment termination. It is commonly used in the context of downsizing, company closures, or workforce reductions.

Possible Parts of Speech:

1. Verb: When someone dismisses or terminates an employee from their job.

2. Adjective: To describe someone who has been fired or laid off from their job.

Sample Sentences:

1. Verb:

- After making a series of mistakes, the employee was pink-slipped by the company.

- The struggling business had to pink-slip half of its staff to survive.

2. Adjective:

- She became pink-slipped after the company's bankruptcy.

- With the increase in automation, many workers are afraid of being pink-slipped.

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