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
Madowitz isn’t predicting a jobless future.
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Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
State officials do not seasonally adjust jobless rates for individual counties.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2026
Those without a high school diploma face the highest risk of being out of work, with jobless rates more than twice those of college grads, while everyone else falls somewhere in between.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 17 May 2026
And what’s a married, jobless, middle-aged mouse to do in the face of such circumstances?
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 15 May 2026
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Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
State officials do not seasonally adjust jobless rates for individual counties.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2026
Those without a high school diploma face the highest risk of being out of work, with jobless rates more than twice those of college grads, while everyone else falls somewhere in between.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 17 May 2026
And what’s a married, jobless, middle-aged mouse to do in the face of such circumstances?
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 15 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jobless
unemployed
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The number of long-term unemployed Americans is on the rise while the market shows the stronger-than-expected job growth, the latest federal data reveals.—
Dian Zhang,
USA Today,
6 June 2026
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Supporters jokingly describe themselves as unemployed and perpetually online.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 June 2026
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