Example Sentences

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"If you are simply written off because you're neurodivergent or disabled, then it can trap you in a cycle of worklessness and dependency for decades," Starmer will argue.

From Barron's • Dec. 1, 2025

A study by Health Innovation Manchester and Lilly will examine whether being put on the drugs will reduce worklessness and the impact on NHS service use, and will take place in Greater Manchester.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2024

He told Labour activists: "If we want to maintain support for the welfare state, then we will legislate to stop benefit fraud, do everything we can to tackle worklessness."

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2024

They did so because of mounting evidence that worklessness in high-poverty neighborhoods contributed to the entrenchment of poverty and to the social isolation of those living in welfare-dependent households.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2014

It belonged to her, the girl who a few short weeks ago had been earning three pounds a week in a City office, and whose nightmare had been worklessness and starvation.

From The Imaginary Marriage by Cooper, Henry St. John