nine-to-five

[ nahyn-tuh-fahyv ]

/ ˈnaɪn təˈfaɪv /

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adjective Informal.

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.

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Origin of nine-to-five

First recorded in 1955–60

OTHER WORDS FROM nine-to-five

nine-to-fiver, noun

Words nearby nine-to-five

nineteenth, Nineteenth Amendment, nineteenth hole, nineteenth man, ninetieth, nine-to-five, Ninette, ninety, ninety-day wonder, ninety-eight, ninety-eighth

How to use nine-to-five in a sentence

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What 15 months in a federal correction institution will be like, according to a man who counsels to-be inmates.
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After four or five months of casual interaction, they realized they both had lost a young parent to cancer.
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Each day she resolved, "To-morrow I will tell Felipe;" and when to-morrow came, she put it off again.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
I presume the twenty-five or thirty miles at this end is unhealthy, even for natives, but it surely need not be so.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
In nine days he returned, bringing us the thanks of congress, and fresh orders.
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All the operations of her brain related themselves somehow to to-morrow afternoon.
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Five of the number had studied with Liszt before, and the young men are artists already before the public.
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