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Person with a compulsive need to be gainfully employed.

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Usage examples (36)
  • Your inner compulsive workaholic is fooling you again.
  • Being a workaholic is not a virtue, tired people make mistakes, like approving the Iraq invasion.
  • Still, Dunderdale said she expected Williams - who she described as a workaholic - to be back on the job in early March.
  • So ... what exactly is a so-called workaholic addicted to?
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