Meanings
verbwage-slave (third-person singular simple present wage-slaves, present participle wage-slaving, simple past and past participle wage-slaved)
present singular third person wage-slaves · participle present wage-slaving · participle past wage-slaved · past wage-slaved
- informalintransitiveuncommonTo work for minimal wages while having little to no professional autonomy.
- informalintransitiveuncommonTo perform very unpleasant or drudging work for a wage.
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wage-slave. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wage-slave
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“wage-slave.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wage-slave. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wage-slave,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wage-slave.
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