unemployed
adjective
un·em·ployed
ˌən-im-ˈplȯid 
: not employed:
a
: not being used
unemployed machines
b
: not engaged in a gainful occupation
an unemployed teacher seeking work
15% of the workforce was unemployed.
c
: not invested
unemployed capital
unemployed
noun
Examples of unemployed in a Sentence
the plant closings left a significant portion of the town's population unemployed
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The share of young people with secondary or higher education among unemployed youth has almost doubled in 20 years; a third of graduates are unemployed.
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Debasish Roy Chowdhury, TIME, 24 Apr. 2024
Skilled trades make a comeback Lisa Countryman-Quiroz is the CEO of JVS, or Jewish Vocational Services, a nonprofit in San Francisco that provides career training for unemployed workers to find jobs, including in skilled trades.
—Windsor Johnston, NPR, 22 Apr. 2024
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Debasish Roy Chowdhury, TIME, 24 Apr. 2024
Skilled trades make a comeback Lisa Countryman-Quiroz is the CEO of JVS, or Jewish Vocational Services, a nonprofit in San Francisco that provides career training for unemployed workers to find jobs, including in skilled trades.
—Windsor Johnston, NPR, 22 Apr. 2024
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“Unemployed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unemployed. Accessed 4 May. 2024.
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unemployed
adjective
un·em·ployed
ˌən-im-ˈplȯid
1
: not being used
unemployed tools
2
: not employed : having no job
unemployed workers
unemployed
noun
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