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unemployed
[uhn-em-ploid]
adjective
not employed; without a job; out of work.
an unemployed secretary.
not currently in use.
unemployed productive capacity.
not productively used.
unemployed capital.
noun
people who do not have jobs.
programs to help the unemployed.
unemployed
/ ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd /
adjective
without remunerative employment; out of work
( as collective noun; preceded by the )
the unemployed
not being used; idle
Word History and Origins
Origin of unemployed1
Example Sentences
Senior exec team at Rangers are displaying a concerning lack of football knowledge, fishing in a small pool of the footballs' unemployed/recently sacked.
More than 30% of the working-age population are unemployed - ranked by the World Bank as one of the worst jobless rates of any nation – and youth unemployment is even higher.
It’s taking longer for the unemployed to find work and Americans say new jobs have become harder to find.
Furloughed federal workers may show up as unemployed in the part of the jobs report used to calculate the unemployment rate, Sweet said.
Before us, there is a battalion of unemployed chairs.
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When To Use
Unemployed means not having a paid job—not being employed.A person who’s described as unemployed is typically out of work and looking for a job. A person who’s retired, for example, wouldn’t be said to be unemployed.Unemployed is sometimes used to refer to unemployed people collectively, as in These programs are intended to help the unemployed. The state of being unemployed is unemployment. The opposite of this is employment.The verb employ also means to use, and unemployed can be used to mean unused, as in We shouldn’t let these resources go unemployed. Example: I was unemployed for a long time before I was recruited in Greenland by someone who finally saw my strengths.
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