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jobless
[job-lis]
adjective
without a job.
noting or pertaining to people without jobs, especially to those who are seeking employment.
noun
unemployed people collectively, especially those who are seeking a job.
ˈDz
/ ˈɒɪ /
adjective
unemployed
( as collective noun; preceded by the )
the jobless
Other 51Թ Forms
- joblessness noun
- ˈDzness noun
Example Sentences
At age 22, he was out of the service, living in Detroit, broke and jobless.
UK filmmakers warned freelancers in the industry risked being "jobless" if US productions were pulled, with one union saying the tariffs could be a "knock-out blow".
More than one in five people between the ages of 16 and 24 in urban areas are jobless in China, according to official data published in August 2023.
Some of the money saved is expected to be spent on helping jobless claimants back into work.
Despite these positives, a longstanding weakness of Spain's economy has been a chronically high jobless rate, which is the biggest in the EU and almost double the block's average.
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