the unemployed
noun
: people who have no jobs
Many of the city's unemployed are former factory workers.
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Worker confidence is down: 11.8% of the unemployed had left their jobs, down from 13.2% in January.
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Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
For another, some of those leaving federal agencies were forced into early retirement — and don’t show up in the Labor Department’s count of the unemployed.
—Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025
Recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that the level of open positions is now almost even with available workers, reversing a trend in which openings outnumbered the unemployed by 2 to 1 a couple years ago.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2025
Better to help the unemployed get back on their feet with generous and direct assistance and to create a far stronger safety net to protect future generations of American workers.
—Gordon H. Hanson, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2021
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Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
For another, some of those leaving federal agencies were forced into early retirement — and don’t show up in the Labor Department’s count of the unemployed.
—Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025
Recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that the level of open positions is now almost even with available workers, reversing a trend in which openings outnumbered the unemployed by 2 to 1 a couple years ago.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2025
Better to help the unemployed get back on their feet with generous and direct assistance and to create a far stronger safety net to protect future generations of American workers.
—Gordon H. Hanson, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2021
See All Example Sentences for the unemployed
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“The unemployed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20unemployed. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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