Related Words for the unemployed

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WordSyllablesCategories
unemployment
xx/x
Noun, Noun
joblessness
/xx
Noun
underemployed
/xx/
Adjective
underemployment
xxx/x
Noun
disenfranchised
xx/x
Adjective
homeless
/x
Noun
destitute
/xx
Noun
impoverished
x/x
Adjective
unmotivated
x/xxx
Adjective
uninsured
xx/
Adjective
unskilled
x/
Adjective
destitution
/xxx
Noun
uneducated
x/xxx
Adjective
disaffected
xx/x
Adjective
illiterates
x/xx
Noun
penniless
/xx
Adjective
poverty
/xx
Noun
underprivileged
/x/x
Noun
underclass
/xx
Noun
millennials
x/xx
Noun
employment
x/x
Noun
lower class
/x/
Phrase, Noun
unfortunates
x/xx
Noun
unintelligent
xx/xx
Adjective
working class
/x/
Phrase, Noun, Adjective
unproductive
xx/x
Adjective
job market
//x
Phrase, Noun
vagrants
/x
Noun
unhappiness
x/xx
Noun
poverty line
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
unrepresented
xxx/x
Adjective
unmarried
x/x
Adjective
socioeconomic
xxxxx/x
Adjective
proletarians
xx/xx
Noun
landless
/x
Noun
deindustrialization
/x/xxx/x
Noun
labor market
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
downtrodden
x/x
Noun
illiteracy
x/xxx
Noun
independents
xx/x
Noun
hopelessness
/xx
Noun
uselessness
/xx
Noun
nonproductive
xx/x
Adjective
labor force
/x/
Phrase, Noun
beggars
/x
Noun
laid off
//
Phrase
disempowered
xx/x
Adjective
layoffs
/x
Noun
idleness
/xx
Noun
workforce
/x
Noun
individuals
xx/xx
Noun
undocumented
x/xxx
Adjective
americans
x/xx
Name
nonworking
/xx
Adjective
sedentary
/xxx
Adjective
pessimists
/xx
Noun
recessionary
x/xxx
Adjective
unpaid
x/
Adjective
addict
x/
Noun, Verb
applicants
/xx
Noun
artisans
/xx
Noun
at leisure
//x
Phrase, Adverb
boarders
/x
Noun
conscripted
x/x
Verb
dentists
/x
Noun
discharged
x/
Adjective
dismissed
x/
Adjective
earners
/x
Noun
educated
/xxx
Adjective
electricians
xx/x
Noun
employable
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
employed
x/
Adjective
evacuees
x/xx
Noun
fired
/x
Adjective
freedmen
/x
Adjective
hardworking
/xx
Adjective
homeowners
/xx
Noun
inactive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
job
/
Noun, Verb
lazy
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
menu
/x
Noun, Verb
nonwhite
//
Adjective, Noun
out of work
///
Phrase, Adjective
paupers
/x
Noun
people
/x
Noun, Verb
poor
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
probationers
x/xx
Noun
redundancies
x/xx
Noun
redundant
x/x
Adjective
registrants
/xx
Noun
retirees
x//
Noun
standstill
/x
Noun
stop
/
Verb, Noun
unoccupied
x/xx
Adjective
use
/
Noun, Verb
vacant
/x
Adjective
workers
/x
Noun