Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Out of work, especially involuntarily; jobless.
- adjective Not being used; idle.
- noun People who are involuntarily out of work considered as a group. Used with the.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not employed; having no work or employment.
- Not in use: as, unemployed capital or money.
- Not accompanied with work or employment.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not employed in manual or other labor; having no regular work.
- adjective Not invested or used.
- adjective (Economics) actively seeking employment but unable to find a suitable job.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having no profession (despite being able and willing to work).
- adjective Having no use, not doing work
- noun Unemployed people.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group)
- adjective not engaged in a gainful occupation
Etymologies
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Examples
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My proposal of personal responsibility for the unemployed is absolutely Republican-compatible, and it once was compatible with Democratic thinking.
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With 1-in-6 Americans out of work and a labor force growing at one percent per year, a large number of long-term unemployed is likely.
Robyn Greenspan: 2010 World Business Forum: Al Gore's Slides Can Save the Planet Robyn Greenspan 2010
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Building on the current public system for the short term unemployed, a fully scaled, market-driven long term unemployment system would, at minimal cost to taxpayers, provide workers with a new tool to prepare for episodes of prolonged joblessness.
Trooper Sanders: Reinventing Unemployment Insurance Trooper Sanders 2012
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Building on the current public system for the short term unemployed, a fully scaled, market-driven long term unemployment system would, at minimal cost to taxpayers, provide workers with a new tool to prepare for episodes of prolonged joblessness.
Trooper Sanders: Reinventing Unemployment Insurance Trooper Sanders 2012
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Building on the current public system for the short term unemployed, a fully scaled, market-driven long term unemployment system would, at minimal cost to taxpayers, provide workers with a new tool to prepare for episodes of prolonged joblessness.
Trooper Sanders: Reinventing Unemployment Insurance Trooper Sanders 2012
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Building on the current public system for the short term unemployed, a fully scaled, market-driven long term unemployment system would, at minimal cost to taxpayers, provide workers with a new tool to prepare for episodes of prolonged joblessness.
Trooper Sanders: Reinventing Unemployment Insurance Trooper Sanders 2012
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He thinks the best way to help the long-term unemployed is to allow private citizens to invest in local companies that can create more jobs.
Unemployed Americans Search for 'Lifeline' Until Jobs Return 2010
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He thinks the best way to help the long-term unemployed is to allow private citizens to invest in local companies that can create more jobs.
Unemployed Americans Search for 'Lifeline' Until Jobs Return 2010
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Building on the current public system for the short term unemployed, a fully scaled, market-driven long term unemployment system would, at minimal cost to taxpayers, provide workers with a new tool to prepare for episodes of prolonged joblessness.
Trooper Sanders: Reinventing Unemployment Insurance Trooper Sanders 2012
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Building on the current public system for the short term unemployed, a fully scaled, market-driven long term unemployment system would, at minimal cost to taxpayers, provide workers with a new tool to prepare for episodes of prolonged joblessness.
Trooper Sanders: Reinventing Unemployment Insurance Trooper Sanders 2012
courier12 commented on the word unemployed
Thankfully, I'm not anymore.
December 14, 2006