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
The percentage of functionally unemployed White Americans (23.6 percent) sits well below the rate for the Black and Hispanic population: 26.7 percent and 27.3 percent, respectively.
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Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
But what should have been a celebration was marred by his worries about being unemployed.
—Ira Porter, Christian Science Monitor, 11 June 2025
Schools Free school meals in schools will be expanded to more than 500,000 children whose parents receive a welfare payment known as Universal Credit, which is available to those who are on a low income, unemployed or unable to work.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 11 June 2025
And in another sign the job market has cooled from the hiring boom of 2021-2023, the Labor Department reported one job every unemployed person.
—Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 5 June 2025
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Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
But what should have been a celebration was marred by his worries about being unemployed.
—Ira Porter, Christian Science Monitor, 11 June 2025
Schools Free school meals in schools will be expanded to more than 500,000 children whose parents receive a welfare payment known as Universal Credit, which is available to those who are on a low income, unemployed or unable to work.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 11 June 2025
And in another sign the job market has cooled from the hiring boom of 2021-2023, the Labor Department reported one job every unemployed person.
—Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unemployed
jobless
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Layoff activity hasn’t accelerated recently, according to weekly jobless claims data, layoff announcement reports, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act postings, and the government’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey report.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
3 July 2025
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Weekly jobless claims data is also due Thursday, with economists penciling in 240,000.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
2 July 2025
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“Unemployed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unemployed. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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