juniority

[joon-yawr-i-tee, -yor-]

noun

1. the state or fact of being junior in age, rank, standing, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of juniority¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; junior + -ity

Example Sentences

Nicholas E. Calio, president and CEO of industry trade group Airlines for America, told attendees that after hiring 100,000 new workers during the pandemic and its aftermath, “we worry about juniority.”

From Washington Post

In happier times, when he was boasting about replacing trained and highly paid workers with new and inexperienced ones, Bastian called the savings “the juniority benefit.”

From Slate

Turns out there’s a juniority cost, too.

From Slate

“Right, made me a junior. Resigned me to juniority.”

From Literature

And thus, by prompt generalship, Miss Veronica Vereker, while obeying to the letter the laws of hospitality and precedence, stole a march upon her slow-moving brethren and sisters and received the lion's share of the trifle, the balance going to Tony by virtue of juniority.

From Project Gutenberg

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