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
Jobs watch Weekly jobless claims rose by 8,000 to 247,000 in the latest week, topping the 236,000 economists polled by Dow Jones had expected and adding to the mixed jobs picture.
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Medora Lee, USA Today, 5 June 2025
That’s where Goldman Sachs economists forecast unemployment will rise to by September, which would be the highest jobless rate since October 2021 as the economy emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Derek Saul, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
When businesses conduct layoffs, some workers end up jobless, leaving them without the income needed to afford basic necessities.
—Leigh Morgan, Quartz, 2 June 2025
The bill would provide unemployment insurance to strikers after two weeks out of work, similar to the policies of the only two states with jobless benefits for strikers, New York and New Jersey.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2025
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Medora Lee, USA Today, 5 June 2025
That’s where Goldman Sachs economists forecast unemployment will rise to by September, which would be the highest jobless rate since October 2021 as the economy emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Derek Saul, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
When businesses conduct layoffs, some workers end up jobless, leaving them without the income needed to afford basic necessities.
—Leigh Morgan, Quartz, 2 June 2025
The bill would provide unemployment insurance to strikers after two weeks out of work, similar to the policies of the only two states with jobless benefits for strikers, New York and New Jersey.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jobless
unemployed
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Venues of all sizes have been shuttered and many music industry members are now unemployed, from band members, talent agents, stage crew staff and audio engineers to tour bus drivers, box office employees, security guards and backstage caterers.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2025
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And more female workers — 28.6% — are functionally unemployed than male workers, whose true rate of unemployment stands at 20%, according to LISEP.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
26 May 2025
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“Jobless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jobless. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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