the unemployed

noun

: people who have no jobs
Many of the city's unemployed are former factory workers.

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That report showed an increase of 288,000 employed, though the ranks of the unemployed also rose by 148,000. Jeff Cox, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2025 In the Great Depression, layoffs were common and people correctly understood that the economy needed more jobs offered to the unemployed. Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025 And 45% of the unemployed in our survey have been out of work for more than two years. Mona Mourshed, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2025 The story turns on the unemployed Kenneth who spends all his time building models. Annika Pham, Variety, 30 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for the unemployed

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