How to Use unemployed in a Sentence

unemployed

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  • All of them have been unemployed the last six months, Ataya said.
    — Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Inara is unemployed, and the couple doesn’t have a lot of money.
    — Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 20 June 2023
  • And yet the stigma faced by the long-term unemployed is powerful.
    — Nick Romeo, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2022
  • This is in stark contrast to a record low in unemployed Black workers less than five months ago.
    — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 13 July 2023
  • Ryan, 27 and unemployed, was armed with a Chinese copy of an AK-47 and a variety of other guns.
    — Morgan Coates, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Sixty-five per cent of people in Gaza live in poverty, and around half are unemployed.
    — Rozina Ali, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2023
  • And with more than 21 percent of young people unemployed, the prospect of social unrest looms.
    — David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2023
  • But with the port's closure, Buttigieg has warned that many longshore workers could be unemployed.
    — Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2024
  • An unemployed man in Dakar receives a money order from his nephew in Paris.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2023
  • So, there was no need to mention each newcomer is in his mid-30s and unemployed before the Dolphins called.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
  • But since nearly every house had someone who was unemployed, a fight erupted over who would get the two slots.
    — Lynsey Chutel Gulshan Khan, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Fred was sometimes a roofer and at other times unemployed and homeless.
    — Eli Hager, ProPublica, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Whether you are employed or unemployed, here are some tips on how to prepare for a job interview, both face-to-face and online.
    — Luciana Paulise, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Smith, who is listed as unemployed in jail records, is being held on $1-million bail.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2023
  • There were two jobs open in the state for every unemployed worker in October, the most recent month for which the data are available.
    — Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Abba looks on with shame, aghast at such weakness of will, and, to make things worse, Haider is unemployed; Mumtaz, who does bridal makeup, is the wage earner.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Economies evolve, and the advent of the lightbulb has not left a lingering horde of unemployed candlemakers.
    — Will Daniel, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2023
  • That month, Chinese government data showed that one in five young workers—between the ages of 16 and 24—was unemployed, a record high.
    — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 1 July 2023
  • Max Greenfield, an unemployed actor, was out with his friends in a Hollywood bar.
    — Erin Bried, Parents, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Fewer than one-third (32%) of those who are unemployed or only partially employed said the same.
    — USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Arenas was unemployed and searching for a job in the months leading up to her disappearance.
    — Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2024
  • And just like that, Murphy was no longer happily unemployed.
    — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2024
  • More than one-third of adult respondents, or 34%, were experiencing poverty at the time of the survey, and 18% were unemployed.
    — Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Proponents claimed this would create jobs along the beer supply chain that were vital, given that a quarter of the workforce was unemployed.
    — Jason Taylor, wsj.com, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Over 60 percent of those leaving prison are unemployed a year later, seeking work but not finding it.
    — Talmon Joseph Smith, New York Times, 6 July 2023
  • Three weeks ago, Jaime Lozano was unemployed and watching the games of the Mexican national team on television.
    — Abraham Nudelstejer, Dallas News, 14 July 2023
  • That should encourage the screenwriters, poets and artists who now worry that AI will leave them unemployed.
    — Bruce Pandolfini and Max Raskin, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2023
  • In Britain, around 75% of blind or partially sighted people of working age are unemployed.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2023
  • As an unemployed housewife with time on your hands, why not put some of it to use by volunteering in your community?
    — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 30 June 2023
  • There aren’t many great unemployed kickers sitting around, but there are a few good ones such as longtime veteran Robbie Gould.
    — cleveland, 27 Aug. 2023

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