2. Not invested or used; as, unemployed capital.
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3. (Economics) actively seeking employment but unable to find a suitable job. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
unemployed — 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]… … Etymology dictionary
unemployed — [un΄emploid′] adj. 1. not employed; without work 2. not being used; idle the unemployed people who are out of work … English World dictionary
unemployed — 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:… … Law dictionary
unemployed — [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,… … New thesaurus
unemployed — ► ADJECTIVE 1) without a paid job but available to work. 2) (of a thing) not in use … English terms dictionary
unemployed — ▪ 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] … Financial and business terms
unemployed — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun the unemployed ADJECTIVE ▪ long term PREPOSITION ▪ among the unemployed ▪ The party s policies were popular among the unemployed … Collocations dictionary
unemployed — [[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… … English dictionary
unemployed — 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… … Dictionary of contemporary English
unemployed — un|em|ployed [ ,ʌnım plɔıd ] adjective *** without a job: About 8.4 million people are unemployed in the United States today. an unemployed actor/engineer/teacher a. the unemployed people who are unemployed: Up to 60% of the unemployed were women … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
