Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
🛋️ A jobless young person 📝 Indian medical test 🛋️ Not working or studying
NEET

NEET

1 9.0
Not in education, work, or training, often describing young adults
  • adjective
  • Jargon
: NEET
  • The government launched a program to help NEET youth find jobs or return to education.

Examples

  • Many NEET individuals face challenges with social isolation and financial independence.

  • Many young people are currently NEET due to the pandemic.

  • The survey revealed a rising number of NEET young adults in urban areas.

  • Being NEET can have serious long-term consequences.

  • The government launched a program to help NEET youth find jobs or return to education.

  • Many NEET individuals face challenges with social isolation and financial independence.

  • The survey revealed a rising number of NEET young adults in urban areas.

Surface Forms

NEET positive

Etymology

NEET comes from the first letters of the phrase Not in Education, Employment or Training. So as an adjective NEET describes someone who is not in school, work, or job training.