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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Resigned Workers

Is resigned workers a actual word?

For instance, "the resigned workers were not entitled to paychecks."
  

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Not in the way I think you intend. A resigned person is one who has accepted his circumstances, which are usually less than hoped for. " I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other thing s do" (Willa Cather).

  • Not in the way I think you intend.
  • A resigned person is one who has accepted his circumstances, which are usually less than hoped for.
  • " I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other thing s do" (Willa Cather).
  • If you are speaking of workers who have quit their jobs, then you will have to say 'the workers who resigned'.
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Not in the way I think you intend. A resigned person is one who has accepted his circumstances, which are usually less than hoped for.

"I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do" (Willa Cather).

If you are speaking of workers who have quit their jobs, then you will have to say 'the workers who resigned'.

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