jobless

adjective

ˈjäb-ləs How to pronounce jobless (audio)
Definition of joblessnext
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 Thursday’s layoffs data showed that the four-week moving average of jobless claims, which softens some of the week-to-week swings, fell by 3,750 to 218,750. — ABC News, 9 July 2026 The latest weekly initial jobless claims data for the week ended July 4 recorded 215,000 benefits claims, below the 218,000 that economists polled by Dow Jones expected. — Sean Conlon,hugh Leask, CNBC, 9 July 2026 Weekly jobless claims have been trending higher too. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 27 June 2026 The number of Americans applying for jobless aid fell modestly last week as layoffs remained in the same historically low range of recent years. — Matt Ott, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for jobless
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unemployed
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  • The film follows Jaime’s adventures from an unemployed pre-law graduate with no prospects to giving Kord the battle of a lifetime.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 14 July 2026
  • Black men’s employment rose by 125,000, unemployed workers fell by 122,000, and their labor force was essentially flat (based on my proprietary analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data).
    — Katica Roy, Fortune, 14 July 2026
Definition of unemployed

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“Jobless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jobless. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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