riffed
English
Verb
riffed
- simple past and past participle of riff
- simple past and past participle of rif
Adjective
riffed (not comparable)
- Who has lost a job due to a RIF.
- 1958, Air Force Magazine - Volume 41, page 86:
- Several ships could be sunk by the copious tears being shed by riffed reservists.
- 1987, Nathalie Jean Gehrke, On being a teacher, page 93:
- Riffed teachers are unlikely to return to teaching, for they often have found other challenging, financially rewarding work that they might otherwise never have tried.
- 2008, Nancy Daniel Wesson, Moving Your Aging Parents, →ISBN:
- Years ago, my job at an employment outplacement firm was to train and counsel groups of recently riffed employees.