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
At the same time, recurring claims near the highest since 2021 suggests unemployed Americans continue to find difficulty in securing a new job as the pace of hiring has slowed.
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Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 17 July 2025
The long-term unemployed accounted for 23.3 percent of all unemployed people.
—Emma Marsden, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
Your specific life as an under- or unemployed worker.
—Brittany Allen
july 10, Literary Hub, 10 July 2025
And by the way, up to one in five people will soon be unemployed.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 July 2025
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Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 17 July 2025
The long-term unemployed accounted for 23.3 percent of all unemployed people.
—Emma Marsden, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
Your specific life as an under- or unemployed worker.
—Brittany Allen
july 10, Literary Hub, 10 July 2025
And by the way, up to one in five people will soon be unemployed.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unemployed
jobless
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The purchasing managers’ index for July is released on Tuesday, and weekly initial jobless claims on Thursday.—
Sean Conlon,Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
4 Aug. 2025
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Other datasets like weekly jobless claims and monthly job-turnover surveys back that up.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
2 Aug. 2025
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“Unemployed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unemployed. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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