Definition of "out of work" []

• Unemployed, or having nothing to do (adjective)

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• "Voluminous civilian foot traffic moved slowly as thousands of night-cycle shift workers emptied out of work centers to return home."
• "I shall never again think that all tramps are drunken scoundrels, nor expect a beggar to be grateful when I give him a penny, nor be surprised if men out of work lack energy, nor subscribe to the Salvation Army, nor pawn my clothes, nor refuse a handbill, nor enjoy a meal at a smart restaurant."
• "Vanessa arrived on the shopfloor posing as Julia, a recent divorcee, and explained her camera-entourage with the rather flimsy backstory that she was the subject of a documentary about people who had been out of work for a long time."