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 Labor Department data released on Thursday showed one of the biggest weekly increases in jobless claims seen in more than a year. John Towfighi, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025 The jobless rate is projected to drop to the mid to lower 5% range in 2027. David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2025 That political experiment left thousands of federal workers jobless, many federal programs discontinued, and the morale of public servants at an all-time low, culminating in a spectacular falling out with President Trump. Anna Broughel, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025 Only a decade later, that number shot down dramatically—only 2.1% of the country’s population was jobless. Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for jobless
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unemployed
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  • Now there are more unemployed than jobs available which has placed the power back in the hands of the employer.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Open Jobs For instance, open jobs, when taken with the measurement of total unemployed, will tell you about the size of the iceberg below the surface.
    Eli Amdur, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025

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“Jobless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jobless. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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