meaningful work
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmeaningfulandwork
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meaningful
adjective
uk/ˈmiː.nɪŋ.fəl/us/ˈmiː.nɪŋ.fəl/
intended to show meaning, ...
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work
noun
uk/wɜːk/us/wɝːk/
an activity, such as a job, that a person uses physical or mental effort to do, usually ...
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(Definition ofmeaningfulandworkfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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However, we can also see that it destroys the notion ofmeaningfulworkand leads to human time being treated as a commodity.
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Standard items on such a list include health, personal relationships,meaningfulwork, security, enjoyments, accomplishments, and the like.
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Other staff stated that caring for these people represented extremelymeaningfulwork.
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The human needs of the people, and above all their need formeaningfulworkand the dignity that flows from that, are the essentials.
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Young people must be given every opportunity to takemeaningfulworkfor which they get a salary.
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The disturbance during construction will be so great thatmeaningfulworkin many areas will be no longer possible.
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There is already a problem in finding enoughmeaningfulworkfor the present 14 commissioners to do.
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It affects people's health, education, stability and access tomeaningfulwork.
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If we do not findmeaningfulworkfor the tens of thousands of young people, our society will fall apart.
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It shuts people out from opportunities for education, frommeaningfulwork, often from health care, from financial support and, fundamentally, from decent housing.
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About 2.5 million of our fellow citizens are out of work, with little prospect of furthermeaningfulworkin their lives.
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The reduced time served in prison will mean even less time formeaningfulworkor rehabilitation.
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I believe it is the minimum if we are to do anymeaningfulworkat all.
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Homelessness means that people are often excluded—they are divided from society and shut out from opportunity, education,meaningfulwork, health care, financial support and, fundamentally, decent housing.
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What of the financial consequences of the despair and alienation of the long-term unemployed and of young people who have left school and have nomeaningfulwork?
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If the army of the young unemployed are not given better training and moremeaningfulwork, in the fullness of time, they may wreck the communities in which they live.
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It is obvious that, as more and more people become unemployed, so the opportunity for young people to findmeaningfulworkbecomes more and more difficult.
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We are offering them opportunities—opportunities to move into employment; opportunities to train and opportunities to do genuinelymeaningfulworkin the community and for the environment.
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It is known for its interesting andmeaningfulworkin the field of child development since 1985.
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