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out-of-school

out-of-school

125 4.6
Children or young people who are not attending school
  • adjective
translation icon : no escolarizado
  • Many children who are out of school miss the social interaction with their peers.
  • out-of-school youth
  • out-of-school activities
  • out-of-school children

Is it worth our kids being out of school for the last one year?

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Examples

  • I took my daughter with me all summer long when she was out of school, so everybody knew her.

    Behind the Burly Q (2010)

  • Most people get out of school, they're looking for a job.

    Ken McElroy

  • Is it worth our kids being out of school for the last one year?

    Triggernometry

  • But the reason I pulled the kids out of school is I wanted to be with my kids.

    Rob Moore

  • Speaking of free summer school, my kids are out of school, right?

  • his parents took him out of school the next day

    Bad Girls (2021)

  • Obviously in the USA, lot of kids stayed out of school for more than a year.

  • I'm taking Julie out of school for a while.

    Julie Darling (1983)

  • And our kids were already out of school and they're still just out of school.

  • We've decided, as of this week, that we've pulled her out of school here.

    Bully (2011)

How Enrolled

out-of-school
125 4.6
part-time
131 1.6

Surface Forms

out-of-school positive

Morphology

out-of-school = school (transparent) = out + of + school

The adjective is a direct, literal combination of 'out' + 'of' + 'school' meaning 'not in school', which most learners can derive from the components. [Postprocessing: moved 'out', 'of' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Out-of-school is made from out (meaning 'not in' or 'outside') and school, so it literally says someone is outside or not in school. Picture a child standing outside the school building; that image helps you remember that out-of-school means not attending school.