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nine-to-five
[nahyn-tuh-fahyv]
adjective
of, relating to, or during the workday, especially the hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. when offices are characteristically open for business.
the nine-to-five grind.
of, reflecting, or exhibiting a lack of willingness to work beyond the required amount of time or with more than minimal effort.
With your nine-to-five mentality, you'll never get a promotion.
Other Word Forms
- nine-to-fiver noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of nine-to-five1
Example Sentences
People are working full-time, working nine-to-five, then having to back it up with back-to-back trainings until 9pm.
"Fishermen don't have nine-to-five jobs, they don't have lunchtime where they can just pop off their fishing boat and to the GP's office, and so it's really important that we take those services to them," says Sandra Welch, chief executive of the Seafarers Hospital Society, which runs the initiative along with another charity, the Fishermen's Mission.
His solicitor said Fincham had "returned to a nine-to-five job" and also started boxing again.
“The fentanyl crisis is not a nine-to-five operation,” Lurie said.
They have since gone their separate ways, with one in his first year at uni and the other working nine-to-five.
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