Definition of Tenured

1. Adjective. Appointed for life and not subject to dismissal except for a grave crime. "A tenured professor"

Similar to: Irremovable

Definition of Tenured

1. Adjective. Having tenure ¹

2. Verb. (past of tenure) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tenured

1. tenure [v] - See also: tenure

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tenured

tenuious
tenuiroster
tenuirostral
tenuirostres
tenuis
tenuities
tenuity
tenuous
tenuously
tenuousness
tenuousnesses
tenurable
tenure
tenure-track
tenure track
tenured (current term)
tenureless
tenures
tenuretrack
tenurial
tenurially
tenuring
tenuti
tenuto
tenutos
tenzon
tenzons
teocalli
teocallis
teopan

Literary usage of Tenured

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. OECD Science, Technology and Industry Outlook 2002by OECD Staff, Organisation for Economic Co-operation, OCDE, Development. by OECD Staff, Organisation for Economic Co-operation, OCDE, Development. (2002)
"Share of PhD scientists and engineers in parmanent and non-tenured, temporary employment ... Non-tenured, temporary employees include ail post-doctorates, ..."

2. The Methodist Review (1872)
"... containing no intimation that cither of the three was less an ordination, or less conferred an order, or teas less life-tenured, than the other. ..."

3. Biological, Social, and Organizational Components of Success for Women in by National Academy of Sciences (U.S., National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine (U.S. (2006)
"... 1990 1995 Year 2000 FIGURE 2-2 Percentage of tenured faculty who are female, by discipline, 1973-2001. SOURCE: 1973-2001 Survey of Doctorate Recipients. ..."

4. The Case For Wage Insurance by Robert J. Lalonde (2007)
"There are two main arguments for providing assistance to long-tenured displaced workers. First, such aid helps to allay workers' fear of displacement and, ..."

5. Essays, Reviews, and Discourses by Daniel Denison Whedon (1887)
"And this was, by the Wesleyan idea, a life-tenured ordination and order. ... So that a life-tenured episcopate has been unanimously voted by every General ..."

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