Related Words for unemployed

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WordSyllablesCategories
jobless
/x
Adjective, Adjective
idle
/x
Adjective, Adjective
fired
/x
Adjective, Adjective
at leisure
//x
Phrase, Adjective, Adverb
discharged
x/
Adverb, Adjective
dismissed
x/
Adjective, Adjective
out of work
///
Phrase, Adjective
employed
x/
Verb, Verb
underemployed
/xx/
Adjective
homeless
/x
Noun
unemployment
xx/x
Noun
employable
x/xx
Adjective
disenfranchised
xx/x
Adjective
uninsured
xx/
Adjective
unmarried
x/x
Adjective
unskilled
x/
Adjective
impoverished
x/x
Adjective
disaffected
xx/x
Adjective
penniless
/xx
Adjective
depressed
x/
Adjective
incarcerated
x/xxx
Adjective
underpaid
/x/
Adjective
employment
x/x
Noun
widowed
/x
Adjective
underemployment
xxx/x
Noun
disillusioned
xx/x
Adjective
salaried
/xx
Adjective
deadbeat
/x
Noun
embittered
x/x
Adjective
overworked
xx/
Adjective
demobilized
x/xx
Adjective
childless
/x
Adjective
workers
/x
Noun
retired
x/
Adjective
downtrodden
x/x
Noun
uneducated
x/xxx
Adjective
pensioners
/xx
Noun
dispossessed
xx/
Verb
discontented
xx/x
Adjective
disenchanted
xx/x
Adjective
divorced
x/
Adjective
disabled
x/x
Adjective
elderly
/xx
Adjective
young
/
Adjective
chronically
/xxx
Adverb
resting
/x
Verb
lost
/
Verb
terminated
/xxx
Verb
broken
/x
Adjective
incapable
x/xx
Adjective
surplus to requirements
/x/x/x
Phrase, Adjective
worthless
/x
Adjective
destitute
/xx
Noun
unmotivated
x/xxx
Adjective
unable
x/x
Adjective
unavailing
xx/x
Adjective
pointless
/x
Adjective
underprivileged
/x/x
Noun
unfulfilled
xx/
Adjective
unprofessional
xx/xx
Adjective
luckless
/x
Adjective
lazy
/x
Adjective
valueless
/xx
Adjective
incompetent
x/xx
Adjective
hapless
/x
Adjective
bored
/
Verb
helpless
/x
Adjective
hopeless
/x
Adjective
vagrant
/x
Noun
disgruntled
x/x
Adjective
frustrated
/xx
Adjective
useless
/x
Adjective
undeserving
xx/x
Adjective
invalid
/xx
Noun
poor
/
Adjective
desperate
/x
Adjective
hard up
//
Phrase, Adjective, Verb
insolvent
x/x
Adjective
unlucky
x/x
Adjective
wanting
/x
Verb
unproductive
xx/x
Adjective
truant
/x
Noun
dispirited
x/xx
Adjective
passive
/x
Adjective
needy
/x
Adjective
regardless
x/x
Noun
unfit
x/
Adjective
bankrupt
/x
Adjective
unworthy
x/x
Adjective
neglected
x/x
Verb
feckless
/x
Adjective
inefficient
xx/x
Adjective
ineligible
x/xxx
Adjective
disorganized
x/xx
Adjective
futile
/x
Adjective
unavailable
xx/xx
Adjective
deprived
x/
Verb
ineffective
xx/x
Adjective
restless
/x
Adjective
indisposed
xx/
Verb
reluctant
x/x
Adjective
stuck
/
Verb
dejected
x/x
Adjective
miserable
/xxx
Adjective
done
/
Verb
hungry
/x
Adjective
naked
/x
Adjective
retrain
x/
Verb
landless
/x
Noun
registered
/xx
Verb
leavers
/x
Noun
bricklayer
/xx
Noun
drifters
/x
Noun
organising
xxxx
Verb
hiring
/x
Verb
almost
/x
Adverb
marchers
/x
Noun
journeymen
/xx
Noun
youths
/
Noun
overrepresented
/xxx/x
Verb
backlog
/x
Noun
miners
/x
Noun
nearly
/x
Adverb
electrician
xx/x
Noun
millions
/x
Noun
breadwinners
/xx
Noun
ranks
/
Noun
absorbing
x/x
Verb
training
/x
Verb
organizing
/xxx
Verb
aiding
/x
Verb
housewives
/x
Noun
samurai
/xx
Noun
counted
/x
Verb
paupers
/x
Noun
workingmen
/xx
Noun
addict
x/
Noun, Verb
applicants
/xx
Noun
artisans
/xx
Noun
boarders
/x
Noun
conscripted
x/x
Verb
dentists
/x
Noun
earners
/x
Noun
educated
/xxx
Adjective
evacuees
x/xx
Noun
freedmen
/x
Noun
hardworking
/xx
Adjective
homeowners
/xx
Noun
illiterate
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
inactive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
indigent
/xx
Adjective, Noun
job
/
Noun, Verb
menu
/x
Noun, Verb
nonwhite
//
Adjective, Noun
people
/x
Noun, Verb
probationers
x/xx
Noun
redundancies
x/xx
Noun
redundant
x/x
Adjective
registrants
/xx
Noun
retirees
x//
Noun
standstill
/x
Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
stop
/
Verb, Noun
unoccupied
x/xx
Adjective
use
/
Noun, Verb
vacant
/x
Adjective
shirtless
/x
Adjective
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
anymore
xx/
Adverb
sorta
/x
Adverb
literally
/xxx
Adverb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
expression
x/x
Noun