out-of-work
adjective/ˌaʊt əv ˈwɜːk/
/ˌaʊt əv ˈwɜːrk/
[only before noun]- unemployed
- an out-of-work actor
Oxford Collocations DictionaryOut-of-work is used with these nouns:- actor, actress
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