1
: having no job
2
: of or relating to those having no job
jobless benefits
joblessness
noun
Examples of jobless in a Sentence
having been jobless for six months, he was starting to get seriously discouraged
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Layoffs more broadly have remained historically low based on initial jobless claims but that too could change as business uncertainty grows.
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Paul Davidson, USA Today, 2 May 2025
Investors will be watching further economic data on Thursday including the weekly jobless claims data, insights on the U.S. manufacturing sector, and the nonfarm payrolls report on Friday.
— CNBC’s Sarah Min contributed to this report.
—Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 1 May 2025
Roughly a third of Americans were jobless; hungry people were filling up soup kitchens across the country; and banks were collapsing as worried depositors rushed to withdraw their funds.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Speaking in court, New York Labor Commissioner Roberta Reardon argued that the victims of Santos’ crimes even included jobless and struggling New Yorkers.
—Philip Marcelo, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
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Paul Davidson, USA Today, 2 May 2025
Investors will be watching further economic data on Thursday including the weekly jobless claims data, insights on the U.S. manufacturing sector, and the nonfarm payrolls report on Friday.
— CNBC’s Sarah Min contributed to this report.
—Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 1 May 2025
Roughly a third of Americans were jobless; hungry people were filling up soup kitchens across the country; and banks were collapsing as worried depositors rushed to withdraw their funds.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Speaking in court, New York Labor Commissioner Roberta Reardon argued that the victims of Santos’ crimes even included jobless and struggling New Yorkers.
—Philip Marcelo, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
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“Jobless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jobless. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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