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unemployed
[uhn-em-ploid]
adjective
not employed; without a job; out of work.
an unemployed secretary.
Synonyms: , , ,not currently in use.
unemployed productive capacity.
not productively used.
unemployed capital.
noun
people who do not have jobs.
programs to help the unemployed.
unemployed
/ ˌʌɪˈɔɪ /
adjective
without remunerative employment; out of work
( as collective noun; preceded by the )
the unemployed
not being used; idle
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of unemployed1
Example Sentences
Separately, the government had already announced plans to offer weight loss jabs to unemployed people in England living with obesity.
Some unemployed migrants reportedly received resettlement payments that made their welfare benefits larger than those of unemployed Danes, and government statistics suggested immigrants were committing more crimes than others.
While working behind the counter of a gift shop in Los Feliz, he wrote a play for all his unemployed actor friends to be in.
Her husband is currently unemployed because of an injury, and she fears that losing her income could leave them homeless.
"I don't want to be unemployed," he says.
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When To Use
Unemployed means not having a paid job—not being employed.A person who’s described as unemployed is typically out of work and looking for a job. A person who’s retired, for example, wouldn’t be said to be unemployed.Unemployed is sometimes used to refer to unemployed people collectively, as in These programs are intended to help the unemployed. The state of being unemployed is unemployment. The opposite of this is employment.The verb employ also means to use, and unemployed can be used to mean unused, as in We shouldn’t let these resources go unemployed. Example: I was unemployed for a long time before I was recruited in Greenland by someone who finally saw my strengths.
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