I'm looking for a single word. An example sentence would be:
Yesterday I did something at work that is _______!
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Sign up to join this communityI'm looking for a single word. An example sentence would be:
Yesterday I did something at work that is _______!
Taking from answer by @SGR I'd say the word is sackworthy.
A quick Google search for "sackworthy" work shown that this word is in use in context you seem to intend.
It seems a nice sounding and informative word with no undesirable connotations.
Please note though, that this word is informal and does not figure in dictionaries I searched through.
Where it is used (rarely) on the internet, this word carries alternative stated senses beddable and prone to pillage (thanks @edwin-ashworth): it may perhaps be considered unsuitable for these reasons.
You could use fireable, but it sounds a little awkward when used in your exact sentence. Changing it to something like 'Yesterday I did something fireable at work' would sound more natural.
Designating an offence that, if committed, could result in the perpetrator being dismissed from his or her job.
oxforddictionaries.com
Or, if you'd prefer something a bit more informal, you could use sackable
of or denoting an offence, infraction of rules, etc, that is sufficently serious to warrant dismissal from an employment
Collins Dictionary
I like some of the other answers here better, but I believe the most accurate word would be "terminable". As in "This action is a terminable offense, do you really wish to proceed?"
https://www.google.com/search?q=terminable
Perhaps something along the lines of "termination-worthy"?
A "sackable" offence?
sacking (n): the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) Synonyms: discharge, dismissal, dismission, firing, liberation, release, sack Type of: conclusion, ending, termination
‘On January 20, 100 employees at the company walked off the job over the sacking of 19 workers a week earlier.’
‘The mass sackings led to sympathy action by 1,000 British Airways ground staff and the halting of all BA flights at Heathrow Airport for more than 24 hours.’
I think you could coin the term pink slip-worthy and most readers would be able to get your meaning. Pink slip meaning:
a notice from an employer that a recipient's employment is being terminated
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary
If this is a true parallelism, then the only correct answer is the word "fired" or "firedworthy".
From a logical problem-solving stand-point, 'Trust' and 'Fired' don't relate in a comparative context if the word which follows 'Trust' is 'trustworthy'. So, it must be a parallelism of syntax.
I agree with @SGR (though I cannot comment on his, not enough reputation) that "fireable" is the correct word, and that it sounds weird in your example sentence.
However, "sackworthy" seems too informal for some situations (Oxford agrees).
To make "fireable" work with your example, I would suggest altering the sentence to @SRG's
"Yesterday I did something fireable at work",
or alter it to be
"Yesterday I did something at work that was a fireable offence!"
You could simply use fireworthy, and I'd understand what you meant from the context. It's informal and rare.
Fireworthy — Wiktionary
adjective 3. (workplace or employment) Worthy of being fired (from a job).
"I can see no such difference and thus conclude—since Creed, Michael, and Jan are all equally blameworthy for a fire-worthy incident—they should all be fired." — 2011, J. Jeremy Wisnewski, The Office and Philosophy: Scenes from the Unexamined Life
Yesterday I did something at work that is fireworthy.