sackable
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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It was worse than a bad day at the office - edging a split decision against a debutant may well be a sackable offence.
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2023
In Britain, lying to Parliament is serious business — and a sackable offense.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 4, 2022
Yet neither Gradi nor the chairman, John Bowler, deemed it a sackable offence.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 3, 2019
But Ancelotti dismissed the notion that Cole should face severe punishment for what could be deemed a sackable offence by many employers.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2011
And surely to God those criminally loud blazers he used to sport during the station's early days constituted a sackable offence, contravening as they must have done all manner of health and safety regulations.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 24, 2011
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