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NEET

American  
[neet] / nit /

noun

  • NEETs
    plural
  1. Not in Education, Employment, or Training: a young person who is not working, studying, or receiving vocational training.


NEET British  
/ niːt, niːt /

acronym

  1. (in Britain) not in employment, education, or training: a person so described

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of NEET

First recorded in 1995–2000


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The protests had erupted in May after NEET, India's biggest medical entrance exam, was cancelled following a question paper leak, forcing nearly two million students to retake the test.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

His father, Rajesh Kumar, is a small farmer in a village where Pradeep was the only student preparing for NEET.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

The latest education protests erupted in May after NEET, India's biggest medical entrance exam, was cancelled following a question paper leak, forcing nearly two million students to retake the test.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

The New York duo talk volume and unlikely musical inspiration, and reveal how they came to be signed to MIA's record label, NEET.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 18, 2010

In a report published last month, external, the Centre for Social Justice found that north-east England has the highest rate of NEETs in the UK.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

The above statistics includes young people looking for work and is different to NEETs - which only looks at young people not in Education, Employment, or Training.

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026

Britain, which has one of the world’s most flexible labour markets, has around 1m NEETs.

From Economist ● Apr. 25, 2013

In the jargon of economists, these are the so-called NEETs, youngsters not in employment, education or training.

From Time ● Nov. 5, 2012

Luckily the soil is fertile: All over the world, the hittistes and shabab atileen, NEETs and freeters and boomerang kids are hungry for a chance to thrive.

From BusinessWeek ● Feb. 3, 2011

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