NEET
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- noun
- /niːt/
- Jargon
- Property firm Pinnacle, for example, has started a project on one of its housing estates in Hackney that funds opportunities for local NEETs.
Examples
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Apprenticeships are more likely to go to the most capable Neets than to those who need them most; young people with learning disabilities or behavioral problems are unlikely to be successful.
Academic text (2009) -
Many young adults in the city are classified as NEET, struggling to find work or further education.
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* Focusing on what young people can do and be rather than labeling them by what they are 'not', e.g., NEET.
Blog text (23) -
NEETs, anyone? ASBOs?
Blog text (29) -
Government figures show that young people who were NEET when aged between 16 and 18 were three times more likely to be involved in crime in their late teens and throughout their twenties, while female NEETs were 22 times more likely to be teenage mothers than the average.
Academic text (2009) -
The government launched a campaign aimed at helping NEETs get back into training and employment.
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She was considered a NEET after finishing school and not enrolling in any college or job program.
Surface Forms
Etymology
NEET is formed from the first letters of Not in Education, Employment or Training. A NEET is a young person who is not studying, working, or taking training.