as in unemployed
having no job
having been jobless for six months, he was starting to get seriously discouraged
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Many of the states with fewer new jobless claims, like Iowa, were heavily agricultural, with an aging population, said Kevin Thompson, the CEO of 9i Capital Group and the host of the 9innings podcast.
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
Continuing claims for jobless benefits are at a multi-year high, indicating that people losing jobs are having a harder time regaining employment.
—Bill Stone, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Weekly jobless claims are also due before the opening bell.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
The jobless rate also ticked up.
—Jon Hilsenrath, semafor.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
Continuing claims for jobless benefits are at a multi-year high, indicating that people losing jobs are having a harder time regaining employment.
—Bill Stone, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Weekly jobless claims are also due before the opening bell.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
The jobless rate also ticked up.
—Jon Hilsenrath, semafor.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jobless
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
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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 10 Sep. 2025.
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