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

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

This will be followed by the producer price index on Thursday, as well as weekly initial jobless claims. — Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 10 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

Uplifting dip Fewer unemployed Californians, while the nation’s jobless count is basically flat, helps explain California’s improving consumer confidence score as the American psyche sours. — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 3 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1862, in the meaning defined at sense 1