"NEET" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: NEETs [plural]
Etymology: Abbreviation of not in education, employment, or training, originally British government jargon, first attested in the late 1990s. Currently, outside of Britain is largely due to its use in Japanese — especially from anime-related culture — which spread globally online. Etymology templates: {{abbrev|en||not in education, employment, or training}} Abbreviation of not in education, employment, or training Head templates: {{en-noun}} NEET (plural NEETs)
  1. (chiefly UK or Internet slang) A person not in employment, education, or training. Tags: Internet, UK Translations (person not in employment, education or training): ni-ni [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 尼特族 (nítèzú) (Chinese Mandarin), ei työssä eikä koulutuksessa eikä asevelvollisuutta suorittamassa (Finnish), syrjäytynyt (Finnish), NEET (Finnish), NEET (French), nini (Interlingua), né-né (Italian), ニート (nīto) (Japanese), nem-nem [Portugal, feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), nini [feminine, masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-NEET-en-noun-yU~Y0npu Categories (other): British English, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'person not in employment, education or training': 99 1
  2. (India) Initialism of National Eligibility Entrance Test. Tags: India, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: National Eligibility Entrance Test Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-NEET-en-noun-mZ4AE74h Disambiguation of People: 28 72 Categories (other): Indian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Interlingua translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Interlingua translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: neet Related terms: status zero

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