Definition of shame job in English:

shame job

noun

Australian

An action or situation that causes embarrassment.
it was a shame job in those days to have two children before you were married
Example sentencesExamples
- Our clients will often not want anyone present because it is a shame job.
- To some it doesn't matter; to others it's a shame job.
- A climate can be created in which achievement is regarded as a 'shame job.'
- The Government doesn't want this shame job to continue, and the industry is desperate for these proposals to go ahead.
- The local young fellows call it a shame job in that he was humiliated and made to feel contrition.
- To fail in his rehabilitation efforts would be to disappoint his boss, and Freddie's pride would not permit it. It would be a 'shame job'.
- We had a certain standard to aspire to and it would've been a shame job if we couldn't achieve it
- This has been a vindictive action by certain people and it is a huge shame job on those people.

Origin

1970s (originally Aboriginal English): from shame (in the adjective sense 'self-conscious, embarrassed') + job¹.

词汇	shame job
释义	Definition of shame job in English: shame job noun Australian An action or situation that causes embarrassment. it was a shame job in those days to have two children before you were married Example sentencesExamples Our clients will often not want anyone present because it is a shame job. To some it doesn't matter; to others it's a shame job. A climate can be created in which achievement is regarded as a 'shame job.' The Government doesn't want this shame job to continue, and the industry is desperate for these proposals to go ahead. The local young fellows call it a shame job in that he was humiliated and made to feel contrition. To fail in his rehabilitation efforts would be to disappoint his boss, and Freddie's pride would not permit it. It would be a 'shame job'. We had a certain standard to aspire to and it would've been a shame job if we couldn't achieve it This has been a vindictive action by certain people and it is a huge shame job on those people. Origin 1970s (originally Aboriginal English): from shame (in the adjective sense 'self-conscious, embarrassed') + job¹.
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