unemployed

B1 Topic:Work & Careers
US /ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd/
adj noun Freq #7442

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Without a job, although able and willing to work.

    He has been unemployed since the factory closed.

  2. 2
    noun

    People who do not have a job, considered as a group.

    The government announced new help for the unemployed.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · without a job, although... joblessworkless
2 noun · people who do not have a... unemployed people
More idlenonemployedoccupationlessrestingunbusied
Opposites
Word family
Derived forms funemployed
Related forms unemployment

Etymology

From un- + employed.

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