as in unemployed
having no job having been jobless for six months, he was starting to get seriously discouraged

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Recent Examples of jobless Previous Unemployment Report For the week ending on November 16, jobless claims dropped by 6,000 to 213,000, which came in below the 220,000 applications that analysts had projected. Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024 The number of people filing jobless claims has remained at rock-bottom levels. Courtenay Brown, Axios, 26 Nov. 2024 The economic focus continues on Wednesday, starting with the release of initial jobless claims, a weekly barometer of labor market health. Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 24 Nov. 2024 During the first four months of 2024, applications for jobless benefits averaged just 213,000 a week before rising in May. Matt Ott, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for jobless 

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“Jobless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jobless. Accessed 14 Dec. 2024.

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