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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Thursday’s report also showed that people continue to stay unemployed for longer: The number of continuing claims, which are filed by Americans who have received at least a week or more of jobless benefits, climbed by 83,000 to 1.916 million, the highest level since November 2021.
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Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
Sweden's Örebro Mass Shooting In February, Sweden experienced its deadliest mass shooting when a 35-year-old unemployed man opened fire at an adult education center in the city of Örebro, killing 10 students and teachers.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
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But New Bedford’s economic catastrophe soon gave it an unexpected industrial advantage: numerous unemployed workers with nowhere to turn but the factory floor.
— Made By History, Time, 21 Apr. 2025
After Moscow banned most Western tech companies in March 2022, hundreds of thousands of Russian IT workers suddenly became unemployed.
—Alexander Cooley, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2025
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Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
Sweden's Örebro Mass Shooting In February, Sweden experienced its deadliest mass shooting when a 35-year-old unemployed man opened fire at an adult education center in the city of Örebro, killing 10 students and teachers.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
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But New Bedford’s economic catastrophe soon gave it an unexpected industrial advantage: numerous unemployed workers with nowhere to turn but the factory floor.
— Made By History, Time, 21 Apr. 2025
After Moscow banned most Western tech companies in March 2022, hundreds of thousands of Russian IT workers suddenly became unemployed.
—Alexander Cooley, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unemployed
jobless
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Other economic data on Thursday, including initial jobless claims and retail sales, came in largely as expected.—
Brian Evans,Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
15 May 2025
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More evidence came in last week’s initial jobless claims, which came in at 241,000 for the week ended April 26, above the 225,000 expected.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
7 May 2025
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“Unemployed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unemployed. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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