Unemployed

ahd-5
  • adjective. Out of work, especially involuntarily; jobless.
  • adjective. Not being used; idle.
  • noun. People who are involuntarily out of work considered as a group. Used with the.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Not employed; having no work or employment.
  • Not in use: as, unemployed capital or money.
  • Not accompanied with work or employment.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Not employed in manual or other labor; having no regular work.
  • adjective. Not invested or used.
  • adjective. actively seeking employment but unable to find a suitable job.
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  • adjective. Having no profession (despite being able and willing to work).
  • adjective. Having no use, not doing work
  • noun. Unemployed people.
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  • noun. people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group)
  • adjective. not engaged in a gainful occupation
    • Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    industrious  
    Equivalent
    discharged  dismissed  fired  idle  jobless  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    people  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Boyd  Floyd  Freud  Lloyd  annoyed  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    able-bodied  absent  apathetic  disable  disaffected  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    at a standstill  at anchor  at leisure  at liberty  at loose ends  
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