laid off Sentence Examples
- The company was forced to lay off 50 employees due to a downturn in the economy.
- Thousands of workers were laid off when the factory closed down.
- Sarah was laid off from her job as a receptionist last month.
- The laid-off employees received severance packages to help them transition to new roles.
- John had been laid off twice in the past year and was struggling to find a new job.
- The laid-off workers protested outside the company's headquarters, demanding their jobs back.
- The government offered unemployment benefits to laid-off workers to help them during their job search.
- The union negotiated a severance package for the laid-off employees that included healthcare and pension benefits.
- The company promised to provide job placement assistance to the laid-off workers.
- The laid-off employees felt betrayed by the company after years of loyalty and hard work.
laid off Meaning
laid off (s)
having lost your job
laid off
the act of laying off an employee or a workforce, shutdown, the act of laying off an employee or a work force, to stop doing or taking something, to cease to employ (a worker) often temporarily, to stop employing (a person) often temporarily, to mark or measure off, a period of inactivity or idleness, to place all or part of (an accepted bet) with another bookie to reduce the risk, avoid, quit, to leave undisturbed, to refrain from swinging at (a pitch), a period during which there is no activity, to leave one alone
Synonyms & Antonyms of laid off
Synonyms:
- held
- suppressed
- squashed
- stamped
- detained
- clamped-down
- checked
- braked
- aborted
- snuffed
- ruined
- blocked
- demolished
- arrested
- obstructed
- squelched
- hindered
- turned-back
- killed
- impeded
- held-back
- dammed
- deactivated
- destroyed
- stunted
- blockaded
- reined-in-
- paused
- stayed
- abolished
- called
- scuttled
- stemmed
- dissolved
Antonyms:
FAQs About the word laid off
having lost your jobthe act of laying off an employee or a workforce, shutdown, the act of laying off an employee or a work force, to stop doing or taking somet
broke off, quitted, quit, ceased, left off,stopped, cut off, shut off, halted, ended
carried on, kept up, continued, followed through (with), advanced, progressed, ran on,proceeded,stirred, propelled
The company was forced to lay off 50 employees due to a downturn in the economy.
Thousands of workers were laid off when the factory closed down.
Sarah was laid off from her job as a receptionist last month.
The laid-off employees received severance packages to help them transition to new roles.
