jobless

adjective

job·​less ˈjäb-ləs 

1

: having no job

2

: of or relating to those having no job

jobless benefits

joblessness noun

Synonyms of jobless

• unemployed

Examples of jobless in a Sentence

having been jobless for six months, he was starting to get seriously discouraged

Recent Examples on the Web

The survey, counting in people who have been jobless for the past two years and are no longer covered in the official labor force survey, also showed that more than half of the roughly 24 million long-term unemployed are aged 16 to 24. — Anniek Bao,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026

In addition, jobless claims have hovered around 200,000 a week, and the number of job openings has been rising over the past six months, Slok pointed out. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026

Yet many deaths linked to the funding cuts will remain invisible, in part because the cuts themselves left scores of mortality data collectors jobless. — ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026

The four-week average of initial jobless claims is now below 200,000 for the first time since October 2022, according to PNC Economics Research. — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1862, in the meaning defined at sense 1