jobless

[ job-lis ]

/ ˈdʒɒb lɪs /

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adjective

without a job.

noting or pertaining to people without jobs, especially to those who are seeking employment.

noun Usually the jobless .(used with a plural verb)

unemployed people collectively, especially those who are seeking a job.

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Origin of jobless

First recorded in 1800–10; job¹ + -less

OTHER WORDS FROM jobless

job·less·ness, noun

Words nearby jobless

job enlargement, job evaluation, jobholder, job-hop, job-hunt, jobless, job lot, job market, job order, job-order costing, job printer

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How to use jobless in a sentence

The number of new jobless claims has come down since the earliest days of the pandemic but remains at an extremely high level week in and week out.
New unemployment claims jump to 965,000, the highest level since August|Eli Rosenberg|January 14, 2021|Washington Post
While the $300 payments are down from $600 per week provided by the CARES Act through July 2020, it’s still much needed aid to help jobless Americans make ends meet.
Still waiting on your $300 unemployment benefit to start? What you need to know|Lance Lambert|January 12, 2021|Fortune
Those aid package have funneled hundreds of billions to small businesses, jobless Americans and others hurt by the coronavirus pandemic.
$2,000 stimulus checks could become a reality with Democratic control of the Senate|Jeff Stein, Erica Werner|January 6, 2021|Washington Post
If the BLS were to include those 4 million jobless Americans who have yet to return to the workforce in its unemployment rate, the “real” jobless rate would sit at 9% for November.
By one measure, this recovery is 10 times faster than the one after the Great Recession—but there’s a catch|Lance Lambert|January 5, 2021|Fortune

That’s down from the $600 weekly payment that the CARES Act sent jobless Americans through late July.
Everything jobless Americans need to know about the $300 unemployment benefit|Lance Lambert|December 28, 2020|Fortune
Last year, it let an unemployment extension for the long-term jobless expire during the holidays.
To GOP Congress, as Usual, It’s Welfare on the Chopping Block|Monica Potts|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Emergency benefits have just expired for some 1.3 million jobless Americans, putting a huge dent in our economy.
Republicans’ Unemployment Shame|Jamelle Bouie|December 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
With the help of GM and Ford and jobless claims at a five-year low, the S&P hit a record high of over 1,700 points.
Consumers Push July U.S. Auto Sales Up Sharply|Filipa Ioannou|August 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Starting in early 2010, this ceased to be a jobless recovery.
The Phony Food-Stamp Scare|Daniel Gross|July 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Today, however, Dixon is in transition from being jobless and homeless.
From Hero to Homeless: Tara Dixon’s Story|Paula Broadwell|July 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Half a thousand jobless workers, armed and reckless, marched toward the docks.
Port O' Gold|Louis John Stellman
Now half a thousand jobless workers, armed and reckless, marched toward the docks.
Port O' Gold|Louis John Stellman
He was more and more afraid of her as the despair of the jobless man in the hard city settled down on him.
The Job|Sinclair Lewis
What she was ashamed of now was the home it must take her to and the jobless husband waiting for her there.
We Can't Have Everything|Rupert Hughes
The day before a jobless soldier threw himself beneath a train and his last words were, 'Over the top and the best of luck.'
The Kingdom Round the Corner|Coningsby Dawson

British Dictionary definitions for jobless

jobless

/ (ˈdʒɒblɪs) /

adjective

unemployed
(as collective noun; preceded by the)the jobless

Derived forms of jobless

joblessness, noun

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