1
: having no job
2
: of or relating to those having no job
jobless benefits
joblessness
noun
Examples of jobless in a Sentence
having been jobless for six months, he was starting to get seriously discouraged
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There will be data on weekly initial jobless claims on Thursday as well.
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Sean Conlon,lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 10 Feb. 2026
Employer plans to hire were also at the lowest since 2009, the tail end of the Great Recession, when the jobless rate hovered near double digits, Challenger said.
—Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026
Thursday’s report from the Labor Department also showed that the four-week moving average of jobless claims, which balances out some of the week-to-week gyrations, rose by 6,000 to 212,250.
—Matt Ott, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
High-profile layoffs last year, including by the two companies, did not result in a notable jump in jobless claims.
—Reuters
wire Service, Dallas Morning News, 5 Feb. 2026
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Sean Conlon,lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 10 Feb. 2026
Employer plans to hire were also at the lowest since 2009, the tail end of the Great Recession, when the jobless rate hovered near double digits, Challenger said.
—Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026
Thursday’s report from the Labor Department also showed that the four-week moving average of jobless claims, which balances out some of the week-to-week gyrations, rose by 6,000 to 212,250.
—Matt Ott, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
High-profile layoffs last year, including by the two companies, did not result in a notable jump in jobless claims.
—Reuters
wire Service, Dallas Morning News, 5 Feb. 2026
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“Jobless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jobless. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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