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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Roughly one in five male residents were unemployed.
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Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 20 May 2024
Nearly half of the participants lost their jobs because of the wildfires, and 20% of them were still unemployed when the survey was conducted.
—Chantelle Lee, TIME, 16 May 2024
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Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 20 May 2024
Nearly half of the participants lost their jobs because of the wildfires, and 20% of them were still unemployed when the survey was conducted.
—Chantelle Lee, TIME, 16 May 2024
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“Unemployed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unemployed. Accessed 28 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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