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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Thursday’s report from the Labor Department also showed that the four-week average of jobless claims, which balances out some of the week-to-week ups and downs, rose by 2,250 to 206,250.
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Matt Ott, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
Scenes include a woman and child using crutches, a jobless man and an unhoused child sleeping in the street.
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
The jobless figures add to a grim picture for China's economy.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2026
State officials do not seasonally adjust jobless rates for individual counties.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026
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Matt Ott, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
Scenes include a woman and child using crutches, a jobless man and an unhoused child sleeping in the street.
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
The jobless figures add to a grim picture for China's economy.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2026
State officials do not seasonally adjust jobless rates for individual counties.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026
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“Jobless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jobless. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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