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
State officials do not seasonally adjust jobless rates for individual counties.
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Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 May 2026
According to High Frequency Economics, this week’s number for new jobless aid applications was the fewest since September of 1969.
—ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
Jafar, a data analyst, told Fararu his company had shut down entirely, leaving more than 50 employees jobless.
—Tim Lister, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
The mass unemployment everyone feared is still missing Initial jobless claims rose to 214,000 in the most recent week surveyed but the overall trend remains down and Wall Street is slightly puzzled as to why.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026
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Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 May 2026
According to High Frequency Economics, this week’s number for new jobless aid applications was the fewest since September of 1969.
—ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
Jafar, a data analyst, told Fararu his company had shut down entirely, leaving more than 50 employees jobless.
—Tim Lister, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
The mass unemployment everyone feared is still missing Initial jobless claims rose to 214,000 in the most recent week surveyed but the overall trend remains down and Wall Street is slightly puzzled as to why.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jobless
unemployed
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They’re still needed long after a kid is out of diapers, done with school, out of the house, employed, married, unmarried, unemployed, reemployed, remarried, rehabilitated, whatever.—
Andre Mouchard,
Daily News,
9 May 2026
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People were suddenly unemployed, precariously housed, and in legal limbo.—
Pablo Larios,
Artforum,
6 May 2026
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“Jobless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jobless. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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