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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Only the jobless recovery of 2003 was worse.
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Joe Mutascio, IndyStar, 3 Mar. 2026
Recovery was getting underway, and even though more, likely jobless people needed food support, there were still opportunities to make sure money was going to the right places.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 2 Mar. 2026
The Labor Department’s report Thursday showed that the four-week moving average of jobless claims, which balances some of the week-to-week volatility, ticked up by 750 to 220,250.
—ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026
Eighty-one percent of Black 16- to 19-year-olds in Chicago were jobless in 2024, according to a recent report from the University of Illinois Great Cities Institute.
—Willie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
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Joe Mutascio, IndyStar, 3 Mar. 2026
Recovery was getting underway, and even though more, likely jobless people needed food support, there were still opportunities to make sure money was going to the right places.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 2 Mar. 2026
The Labor Department’s report Thursday showed that the four-week moving average of jobless claims, which balances some of the week-to-week volatility, ticked up by 750 to 220,250.
—ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026
Eighty-one percent of Black 16- to 19-year-olds in Chicago were jobless in 2024, according to a recent report from the University of Illinois Great Cities Institute.
—Willie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
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“Jobless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jobless. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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