out work

as ininactive

as injobless
as inout of work
as inunemployed
as inbulwark

Word Origin & History

Old English weorc, worc "something done, deed, action, proceeding, business, military fortification," from Proto-Germanic *werkan (cf. Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Dutch werk, Old Norse verk, Middle Dutch warc, Old High German werah, German Werk, Gothic gawaurki), from PIE root *werg- "to work" (see urge (v.)).

In Old English, the noun also had the sense of "fornication." Workhouse in the sense of "place where the poor or petty criminals are lodged" first appeared 1650s. Works "industrial place" (usually with qualifying adj.) is attested from 1580s. Work ethic recorded from 1959.

Example Sentences for out work

New York especially contains a great number of men who year in and year out work hard for money—in order to give it away!

In the first place, as we have seen, a large proportion of their work is "out work" done at home or in small domestic workshops.

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adj not engaged in action; inert, lazy

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