unemployed as a noun: - 1
as an adjective: - 1
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,
not required.
disused
etc.
v.;
done with.
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Roget 681:
not doing
etc.
v.;
not done
etc.
v.;
undone;
passive;
unoccupied,
unemployed;
out of employ,
out of work;
fallow;
desaeuvre [Fr.].
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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, held back, held in reserve, held out, idle, idle rich, immobile, immotive, in abeyance, in hand, jobless, leisure, leisure class, leisured, let go, lounge lizard, lumpen, lumpen proletariat, mendicant, mint, moocher, motionless, moveless, new, nonworker, off, off duty, off work, original, otiose, out of commission, out of employ, out of harness, out of work, panhandler, parasite, pristine, put aside, put by, rentiers, reserve, riding at anchor, saved, spare, spiv, sponger, static, stationary, statuelike, still, stock-still, stored, suspended, the unemployable, the unemployed, to spare, unapplied, unbeaten, unconsumed, unemployable, unengaged, unexercised, unexpended, unhandled, unmoved, unmoving, unoccupied, unspent, untapped, untouched, untrodden, unused, unutilized, waived, workless ... show more.
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