Definitions for unemployed
ˌʌn ɛmˈplɔɪdun·em·ployed

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. unemployed people, unemployedadjective

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

   "the long-term unemployed need assistance"

2. unemployedadjective

   not engaged in a gainful occupation

   "unemployed workers marched on the capital"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. unemployednoun

   Unemployed people.

   The unemployed are a growing portion of the population.

2. unemployedadjective

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

3. unemployedadjective

   Having no use, not doing work

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Unemployedadjective

   1. Not busy; at leisure; idle.

   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.

   2. Not engaged in any particular work.

   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.

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1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Unemployedadjective

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

2. Unemployedadjective

   not invested or used; as, unemployed capital

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Unemployed

   un-em-ploid′, adj. out of work: not put to use or profit.—n. Unemploy′ment.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'unemployed' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3690

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'unemployed' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2247

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'unemployed' in Adjectives Frequency: #472

How to pronounce unemployed?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say unemployed in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of unemployed in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of unemployed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of unemployed in a Sentence

1. Mmusi Maimane:

   Let's not forget the 8.2 million who are unemployed.

2. Amama Mbabazi:

   What security do our youth, 83 percent of them that are unemployed ... what security do they feel?

3. Melinda Hunt:

   We need to do away with the shame and talk about it as a good place to be buried, a lot of people are unemployed now. We want people to feel the city is doing right by them.

4. Jesse Jackson:

   When we're unemployed, we're called lazy; when the whites are unemployed it's called a depression.

5. Stuart Cole:

   Going forward, the big question is just how long can the Fed maintain its dovish stance in opposition to the markets, particularly if companies begin raising wages to encourage unemployed labor back into the workforce, in turn driving a large hole in the Fed’s transitory inflation argument.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=unemployed
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Unemployed
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=unemployed
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unemployed
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=unemployed