What does unemployed mean?
Definitions for unemployed
ˌʌn ɛmˈplɔɪdun·em·ployed
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word unemployed.
Princeton's WordNet
unemployed people, unemployedadjective
people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group)
"the long-term unemployed need assistance"
unemployedadjective
not engaged in a gainful occupation
"unemployed workers marched on the capital"
Wiktionary
unemployednoun
Unemployed people.
The unemployed are a growing portion of the population.
unemployedadjective
Having no profession (despite being able and willing to work).
unemployedadjective
Having no use, not doing work
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Unemployedadjective
Other creatures, all day long
Rove idle, unemploy’d, and less need rest. John Milton, Par. Lost.Wilt thou then serve Philistines with that gift,
Which was expresly given thee to annoy them?
Better at home lie bedrid, not only idle,
Inglorious, unemploy’d, with age out-worn. John Milton.Our wise creator has annexed to several objects, and to the ideas we receive of them, as also, to several of our thoughts, a concomitant pleasure, that those faculties which we are endowed with, might not remain idle and unemployed. John Locke.
Pales unhonour’d, Ceres unemploy’d,
Were all forgot. Dryden.Men, soured with poverty, and unemploy’d, easily give into any prospect of change. Addison.
ChatGPT
unemployed
Unemployed refers to individuals who are of working age and capable of working, but are currently not engaged in any form of paid employment, even though they are actively seeking work. It also includes those who have been temporarily laid off with no definite date of returning back to work. This term is commonly used in labor force studies and is a key metric in economic analyses.
Webster Dictionary
Unemployedadjective
not employed in manual or other labor; having no regular work
Unemployedadjective
not invested or used; as, unemployed capital
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Unemployed
un-em-ploid′, adj. out of work: not put to use or profit.—n. Unemploy′ment.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'unemployed' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3690
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'unemployed' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2247
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'unemployed' in Adjectives Frequency: #472
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of unemployed in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of unemployed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of unemployed in a Sentence
Mind unemployed is mind unenjoyed.
There are too many unemployed people.
Let's not forget the 8.2 million who are unemployed.
Untreated patients can lose everything, as I did, and become part of the unemployed, under-employed, disabled, and homeless populations.
We agree that there are people who are unemployed and that jobs are critical, but we believe that there's a better alternative in the area of renewable energy which guarantees employment not only for the short term, but for a long time.
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- متبطلة, متبطلArabic
- işsizAzerbaijani
- беспрацоўныBelarusian
- безработенBulgarian
- aturatCatalan, Valencian
- nezaměstnanýCzech
- arbejdsløs, daDanish
- arbeitslos, ArbeitsloserGerman
- άνεργοι, άνεργοςGreek
- cesante, desempleado, paradoSpanish
- töötuEstonian
- بیکارPersian
- työtönFinnish
- chômage, chômeur, inoccupéFrench
- dífhostaithe, neamhfhostaitheIrish
- munkanélküliHungarian
- գործազուրկArmenian
- atvinnulausIcelandic
- disoccupatoItalian
- 失業者Japanese
- უმუშევარიGeorgian
- 실업자, 실업, 실직한Korean
- بێکارKurdish
- aarbechtslosLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- bedarbisLithuanian
- bezdarbnieksLatvian
- невработенMacedonian
- arbeidsledig, arbeidsløsNorwegian
- werkloos, werklozenDutch
- bezrobotny, bezrobotni, niezatrudnionyPolish
- desempregadoPortuguese
- șomerRomanian
- нетрудоустроенный, неработающий, безработный, незанятыйRussian
- bargguheapme, bargguheapmiNorthern Sami
- незапослен, nezaposlenSerbo-Croatian
- nezamestnanýSlovak
- brezposelnSlovene
- papunëAlbanian
- arbetslösSwedish
- işsizler, işsizTurkish
- безробітнийUkrainian
- thất nghiệpVietnamese
- nenvobikVolapük
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