unemployed
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1.7
- adjective
- /ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd/
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desempleado
- Individuals with disabilities traditionally have been unemployed or underemployed in the workforce.
- unemployed workers
- unemployed people
- became unemployed
And aside from leaving Rohin unemployed, what could they be good for?
- And aside from leaving Rohin unemployed, what could they be good for?
- Make sure you apply for unemployment if you're unemployed and buckle up.
- Like, look, I am unemployed tomorrow.
- And yet were this, so many people in our community are unemployed or financially struggling.
- They'd rather be unemployed than working fruitfully.
- They're often permanently unemployed or displaced into other like service sectors.
- And that person probably doesn't stay unemployed.
- And she halted me in my tracks by saying that there are no tradesmen unemployed in your constituency.
Examples
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After losing his job, he found it difficult to adjust to being unemployed.
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Mr. Gorman, according to our records, you've been unemployed for 36 weeks.
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Then people stay unemployed, play video games, hang out on the street.
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We are holding services for the unemployed in the public square.
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Of course, not all of the women were unemployed at the beginning of the study.
Academic text (1991) -
Now under this law in Italy, if you become unemployed, you have a choice.
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Not yet, but I'm currently unemployed, so fair enough to start.
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I want to spend my time in this disciplined way during my current unemployed period.
Academic text (2011) -
As the ranks of the unemployed swell, informal sector earnings and wages are forced down.
Academic text (1991) -
Many of the unemployed are actively seeking new job opportunities.
Synonyms
124
1.8
Without a job and trying to find one
68
4.0
Without a job because the company reduced staff or closed
23
1.9
Not having a job
Not having a paid job
Without a job or any paid position
Not having a job right now
A person who is not given a job after applying
Antonyms
Compounds
How Employed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unemployed is made of un- meaning 'not' and employ meaning 'to give someone work'. So unemployed describes a person who is 'not employed' and has no paid job.