Dictionary entry
Unsocial
Pronunciation: /ʌnˈsəʊʃ(ə)l/
Pronunciation
/ʌnˈsəʊʃ(ə)l/
Myanmar Meaning
လူမှုရေး ဆက်ဆံမှု မရှိသော။ အသိုက်အဝန်းနှင့် မသင့်လျော်သော၊ အသိုက်အဝန်းကို မရှာဖွေသော။ ပုံမှန် အလုပ်လုပ်သည့် နေ့မှ တခြားဖြစ်သော။ အပေါင်းအသင်း မဆံ့သော။
Definition
unsocial /ʌn'sǝƱʃl / adj ၁။ ပံုမွန္အလုပ္ခ်ိန္မဟုတ္ေသာ။ work unsocial hours. ၂။ = UNSOCIABLE
Examples
- ‘He argued that most consultants already work unsocial hours
- but this is not written down in their agreements
- nor is it properly resourced.’
- ‘In essence
- the new contract offered more money in return for accepting greater managerial control and the potential to be obliged to work unsocial hours.’
- ‘Carers therefore often have little control over the amount of time they work
- and many care agencies do not pay more for these unsocial hours.’
- ‘We are regularly told of the acute shortage of surgeons and nurses: could the health trust find the extra medical expertise
- willing to work unsocial hours
- it would require?’
- ‘Many social workers work unsocial hours and work incredibly hard.’
- ‘They are also angered at delays to carry out reviews of pay levels for work at unsocial hours and weekends and the withholding of additional payments.’
- ‘The fare rises are being introduced to encourage taxi drivers to work during unsocial hours.’
- ‘The pay was low and the hours were often unsocial.’
- ‘I was disappointed to see very few (if any) contributions to the patients' issue from doctors who currently face patients in an emergency
- at unsocial hours
- in dismal surroundings.’
- ‘Staff are often parents who work unsocial hours to allow stores to open whenever is most convenient to customers.’
- ‘Many young journalists
- or student journalists
- work unsocial hours at rates of pay that have not increased for at least four years.’
- ‘Working long and unsocial hours is a ‘requirement of the job rather than a choice’
- according to 75 percent of mothers surveyed.’
- ‘A majority of mothers and 79 per cent of fathers frequently work at unsocial hours.’
- ‘They want a lot more from these talks
- especially on issues like unsocial hours premiums
- which under the current proposals would make them worse off.’
- ‘The introduction of new lower rates of pay for working unsocial hours
- which would have been a major cause of workers being worse off
- has been postponed until April 2006.’
- ‘The driver goes out in the foulest weather conditions at the most unsocial hours to keep us safe.’
- ‘Furthermore
- better unsocial hours patient care is surely likely when provided by dedicated night shift doctors instead of GPs dragged back out of bed after a day of surgeries and home visits?’
- ‘They work long and often unsocial hours
- take public responsibility and face many stressful situations which other groups of workers rarely do.’
- ‘Many of these are women and black workers in low status
- low paid jobs with unsocial hours.’
- ‘The defendant had put nearly £20
- 000
- his life savings
- into the post office believing he would ultimately become a partner but he worked long unsocial hours and was not rewarded.’