unemployed

Adjective

Meaning

Not employed in manual or other labor; having no regular work.

Not invested or used; as, unemployed capital.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

jobless dole work available free off dead extra let vacant redundant inactive idle unused dormant

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Antonyms

taken working employed engaged occupied busy

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Hypernyms

people

Related terms

unemployment

Phrases with the word

unemployed people unemployed person unemployed man unemployed worker be unemployed become unemployed

Examples

Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is not likely to have what it takes to make a living. Today's military rejects include tomorrow's hard-core unemployed. John F. Kennedy

What this country needs is more unemployed politicians. Angela Davis

A girl unemployed is thinking of mischief. French Proverb

Because he has so many trades, he is unemployed. Tunisian Proverb

Time is money, said the unemployed when sold his watch. Finnish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

unemployable unemployableness unemployably unemployed man unemployed people unemployed person