"out of work" meaning in English

See out of work in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=out of work}} out of work, {{en-PP|head=out of work}} out of work
  1. unemployed, or having nothing to do Categories (topical): Economics
    Sense id: en-out_of_work-en-prep_phrase-b3vmRM07 Disambiguation of Economics: 50 50
  2. (dated) not working correctly; out of order Tags: dated Categories (topical): Economics Synonyms: out-of-work
    Sense id: en-out_of_work-en-prep_phrase-UWipZphH Disambiguation of Economics: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93

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