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
The number of Americans applying for jobless aid for the week ending March 28 fell by 9,000 to 202,000 from the previous week’s 211,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday.
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Matt Ott, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
The series, which stars and is executive produced by Hamm, follows his character, a divorced and jobless hedge fund manager who turns to robbing his wealthy neighbors in an affluent suburb.
—Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
The number of Americans applying for jobless aid inched up last week as employers continue to retain workers despite a labor market that has weakened considerably in the past year.
—ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
The number of Americans filing for jobless aid for the week ending March 14 fell by 8,000 from the previous week to 205,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday.
—Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2026
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Matt Ott, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
The series, which stars and is executive produced by Hamm, follows his character, a divorced and jobless hedge fund manager who turns to robbing his wealthy neighbors in an affluent suburb.
—Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
The number of Americans applying for jobless aid inched up last week as employers continue to retain workers despite a labor market that has weakened considerably in the past year.
—ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
The number of Americans filing for jobless aid for the week ending March 14 fell by 8,000 from the previous week to 205,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday.
—Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jobless
unemployed
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In one panel, children maimed or exhausted by labor stare out bleakly; in another, unemployed men in a small industrial town sit or stand around.—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
9 Apr. 2026
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Three-quarters were unemployed and about the same proportion had a family income of less than $25,000 per year.—
Elizabeth Cooney,
STAT,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Jobless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jobless. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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