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NEET¹

  • /ˈniːt/

Sounds like neat · Rhymes with -iːt

Where it comes from

Acronym of not in education, employment, or training, originally British government jargon, first attested in the late 1990s. Currently, outside of Britain is largely due to its use in Japanese — especially from anime-related culture — which spread globally online.

noun NEETs · neet

  1. Internet, UK A person not in employment, education, or training. The NEET population in 2003, according to a Ministry of Health and Labor estimate last September, was 520,000.

NEET²

  • /ˈniːt/

Sounds like neat · Rhymes with -iːt

proper noun neet

  1. India, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of National Eligibility Entrance Test

neet³

noun neets

  1. Alternative letter-case form of NEET

neet⁴

noun neets

  1. Yorkshire, alternative, archaic Alternative form of night It does get dark of a neet when t'mooin in't aat

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noun person not in employment, education or training

Españolnini
한국어쉬었음 청년 swieosseum cheongnyeon
日本語ニート nīto
中文尼特族 nítèzú, 家裏蹲 /家里蹲 jiālǐdūn
Portuguêsnem-nem
FrançaisNEET
Italianoné-né
Русскийне устроенный ne ustrojennyj

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@misc{neet_2026,
  title = {neet},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/neet},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}