unemployed

  • 11unemployed — 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 …

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  • 12unemployed */*/*/ — UK [ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd] / US adjective a) without a job Have you been unemployed for a year or more? an unemployed actor/engineer/teacher b) the unemployed people who are unemployed Up to 60% of the unemployed were women …

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  • 13unemployed — /un em ployd /, adj. 1. not employed; without a job; out of work: an unemployed secretary. 2. not currently in use: unemployed productive capacity. 3. not productively used: unemployed capital. n. 4. (used with a pl. v.) people who do not have… …

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  • 14unemployed — n. unemployed people the hard core unemployed * * * [ˌʌnɪm plɔɪd] [ unemployed people ] the hardcore unemployed …

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  • 15unemployed*/ — [ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd] adj 1) without a job Have you been unemployed for a year or more?[/ex] an unemployed actor/engineer/teacher[/ex] 2) the unemployed people who are unemployed …

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  • 16unemployed — un•em•ployed [[t]ˌʌn ɛmˈplɔɪd[/t]] adj. 1) not employed; without a job 2) not currently in use 3) not productively used: unemployed capital[/ex] 4) the unemployed, unemployed persons collectively • Etymology: 1590 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 17unemployed — 1. adjective Having no job (despite being able and willing to work). Syn: jobless, out of work See Also: unemployment 2. noun (the unemployed; plural) Unempl …

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  • 18unemployed — 1 / VnIm plOId/ adjective without a job 2 noun the unemployed (plural) people who have no job: the long term unemployed (=people who have not had a job for a long time) …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 19unemployed — adjective Date: 15th century not employed: a. not being used b. not engaged in a gainful occupation c. not invested • unemployed noun …

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  • 20unemployed — Synonyms and related words: at a standstill, at anchor, at leisure, at liberty, at loose ends, available, beggar, bummer, cadger, coupon clippers, dead still, disengaged, drone, extra, fallow, fired, fixed, free, freeloader, fresh, held back,… …

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