Definitions for unemployedˌʌn ɛmˈplɔɪd

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

un•em•ployedˌʌn ɛmˈplɔɪd(adj.)

  1. not employed; without a job.

  2. not currently in use.

  3. not productively used:

    unemployed capital.

  4. (n.)the unemployed, unemployed persons collectively.

Origin of unemployed:

1590

Princeton's WordNet

  1. unemployed people, unemployed(adj)

    people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group)

    "the long-term unemployed need assistance"

  2. unemployed(adj)

    not engaged in a gainful occupation

    "unemployed workers marched on the capital"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. unemployed(adjective)ˌʌn ɛmˈplɔɪd

    not having a job

    She's been unemployed for several months.; an unemployed actor

Wiktionary

  1. unemployed(Noun)

    Unemployed people.

    The unemployed are a growing portion of the population.

  2. unemployed(Adjective)

    Having no profession (despite being able and willing to work).

  3. unemployed(Adjective)

    Having no use, not doing work

Webster Dictionary

  1. Unemployed(adj)

    not employed in manual or other labor; having no regular work

  2. Unemployed(adj)

    not invested or used; as, unemployed capital


Translations for unemployed

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

unemployed(adjective)

not having, or not able to find, work

He has been unemployed for three months.

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