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sweatshopa factory or workshop where workers are employed for long hours at low wages under unhealthy conditions

Part of speech: NOUN

Definition: a factory or workshop where workers are employed for long hours at low wages under unhealthy conditions

Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈswetʃɑːp/

Korean meaning: 열악한 환경에서 저임금으로 장시간 노동하는 공장이나 작업장

Korean pronunciation: **스웨**트샵

Example Sentences

  • The company promised to stop using sweatshops after the scandal broke.
  • My grandmother's sewing circle produces more than most sweatshops, but with tea breaks!
  • The documentary exposed the terrible working conditions in textile sweatshops.

sweatshop

NOUN

//ˈswetʃɑːp//

a factory or workshop where workers are employed for long hours at low wages under unhealthy conditions

sweatshop concept
💡 Concept

a factory or workshop where workers are employed for long hours at low wages under unhealthy conditions

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ˈswetʃɑːp/
🇬🇧 UK/ˈswetʃɒp/

🌳Etymology

Rootsweat
Suffix-shop

Origin

1892년에 처음 사용된 용어로, 'sweat'(땀)과 'shop'(상점)의 합성어입니다. 노동자들이 땀을 흘리며 혹독한 조건에서 일하는 작업장을 의미하게 되었습니다.

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🎵Rhyme

workshoppet shopcoffee shop
workshop
pet shop
coffee shop

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📝Examples

The company promised to stop using sweatshops after the scandal broke.

😄 Fun example

My grandmother's sewing circle produces more than most sweatshops, but with tea breaks!

The documentary exposed the terrible working conditions in textile sweatshops.

😄 Fun example

Some students joked that their school library during finals week was like a sweatshop for studying.

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📚Related Words

Synonyms

factory farmexploitation milllabor camp

Antonyms

fair workplaceethical factoryworker cooperative

Related

labor rightsexploitationmanufacturingoutsourcingfair trade