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unemployed

noun

1 unemployed

People who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group):
— The long-term unemployed need assistance.

synonym: unemployed people.

adjective

1 unemployed

Not engaged in a gainful occupation.

Roget 678: not used etc. v.; unemployed, unapplied, undisposed of, unspent, unexercised, untouched, untrodden, unessayed, ungathered, unculled; uncalled for, ... show more

Roget 681: not doing etc. v.; not done etc. v.; undone; passive; unoccupied, unemployed; out of employ, out of work; fallow; desaeuvre [Fr.].    ... show more

Polish: bezrobotny


Moby thesaurus: at a standstill, at anchor, at leisure, at liberty, at loose ends, available, beggar, bummer, cadger, coupon clippers, dead-still, disengaged, drone, extra, fallow, fired, fixed, free, freeloader, fresh ... show more.

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