as in out of work
having no job
the plant closings left a significant portion of the town's population unemployed
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Recent Examples of unemployed
Layoff activity thankfully doesn’t seem to be accelerating, but those who are unemployed are having a really hard time getting back into the workforce.
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Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Keita notes the majority of Africa's population is under 35 years old and millions are unemployed and frustrated with the status quo.
—Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025
The protests come as more than a third of young people in Morocco under the age of 25 are unemployed, according to the country’s statistics agency.
—Connor Greene, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
Many were families of unemployed breadwinners who had never needed the government’s help before.
—Tracy Roof, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
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Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Keita notes the majority of Africa's population is under 35 years old and millions are unemployed and frustrated with the status quo.
—Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025
The protests come as more than a third of young people in Morocco under the age of 25 are unemployed, according to the country’s statistics agency.
—Connor Greene, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
Many were families of unemployed breadwinners who had never needed the government’s help before.
—Tracy Roof, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unemployed
jobless
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Local news described these offices as ways to keep up appearances, to avoid the stigma of being jobless and deflect questions from worried family members.—
Lavender Au,
The Dial,
7 Oct. 2025
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Continuing jobless claims, which are submitted by people who have filed for at least a week or more of unemployment, have been hovering at around four-year highs, Department of Labor data shows.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Unemployed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unemployed. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.
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