unemployed
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1.4
- noun
- /ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd/
- The government has introduced new initiatives aimed at helping the unemployed find work.
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Watch on YouTubeWhy, for example, are pensioners much happier than the young unemployed?
- Why, for example, are pensioners much happier than the young unemployed?
- The labor force, what we call the labor force, is the sum of those two groups, the employed and the unemployed that would like to get a job, OK?
- And we've already seen Senator John Thune introduced some plans to change the way we help the unemployed.
- And for the unemployed are their jobs.
Examples
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Half a million more people unemployed because Labour governments always leave office with more people out of work than when they went in.
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Despite high demand for highly skilled workers, migrants with degrees are also unemployed at nearly double the rate of native workers.
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Now the country needs them, the unemployed need them.
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The unemployed did not have money to buy goods, so production was cut back more.
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Additionally, housing debt amongst the unemployed especially has reached an all time high in December.
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A record 44% of the nation's unemployed have been out of work at least six months.
Blog text (3) -
That means when the unemployment rate is high, it is harder for unemployed workers to find a job.
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About a quarter of the unemployed had been jobless for more than a year.
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And the unemployed are unable to get a job in this dire economy?
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The unemployed are not reliant upon government for wages and are extremely economically vulnerable in an unstable economy.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
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1.7
People without a job who are looking for work
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7.1
People who do not have paid work
Antonyms
Compounds
How Employed
Surface Forms
Morphology
unemployed = unemployed (transparent) = un + employ + ed
The noun use is a straightforward conversion of the adjective 'unemployed', which itself transparently means 'not employed'.
Etymology
Unemployed can also be a noun for the group of people who are 'not employed' and looking for work. It comes from un- 'not' + employ 'to give work', so 'the unemployed' are those without a job.