unemployed
1Unemployed — Un em*ployed , a. 1. Not employed in manual or other labor; having no regular work. [1913 Webster] 2. Not invested or used; as, unemployed capital. [1913 Webster] 3. (Economics) actively seeking employment but unable to find a suitable job. [1913 …
2unemployed — 1600, at leisure, not occupied, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + pp. of EMPLOY (Cf. employ). Meaning temporarily out of work is from 1660s. The noun meaning unemployed persons collectively is from 1782; unemployment first recorded 1888. [Say the]… …
3unemployed — [un΄emploid′] adj. 1. not employed; without work 2. not being used; idle the unemployed people who are out of work …
4unemployed — I adjective disengaged, disused, doing nothing, idle, inactive, jobless, leisured, not employed, not working, otiosus, out of employment, out of work, unengaged, unoccupied, unused, vacuus, without employment, workless associated concepts:… …
5unemployed — [adj] without a job at liberty*, between jobs*, closed down*, disengaged, down, fired, free, idle, inactive, jobless, laid off, leisured, loafing*, on layoff, on the bench*, on the dole*, on the shelf*, out of action*, out of a job, out of work,… …
6unemployed — ► ADJECTIVE 1) without a paid job but available to work. 2) (of a thing) not in use …
7unemployed — ▪ I. unemployed un‧em‧ployed 1 [ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd◂] adjective without a job: • I have been unemployed for two years. • an unemployed accountant [m0] ▪ II. unemployed unemployed 2 noun [plural] …
8unemployed — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun the unemployed ADJECTIVE ▪ long term PREPOSITION ▪ among the unemployed ▪ The party s policies were popular among the unemployed …
9unemployed — [[t]ʌ̱nɪmplɔ͟ɪd[/t]] ADJ Someone who is unemployed does not have a job. The problem is millions of people are unemployed... This workshop helps young unemployed people in Grimsby... Have you been unemployed for over six months? N PLURAL: the N… …
10unemployed — un|em|ployed1 W3S2 [ˌʌnımˈplɔıd] adj without a job = ↑out of work ▪ an unemployed actor ▪ I ve only been unemployed for a few weeks. unemployed 2 unemployed2 n the unemployed [plural] people who have no job the long term unemployed (=people who… …
