unemployed

unemployed
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noun the unemployed
ADJECTIVE
long-term
PREPOSITION
among the unemployed

The party's policies were popular among the unemployed.

PHRASES
the ranks of the unemployed

He graduated with a good degree, only to join the ranks of the unemployed.

{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}
adj.
VERBS
be, be counted as (esp. AmE), be registered (as) (BrE)
become
remain, stay
leave sb, make sb (esp. BrE)

The closure of the factory left hundreds of men unemployed.

ADVERB
currently
newly
still
temporarily
chronically (AmE), permanently
officially
Unemployed is used with these nouns: ↑actor, actress, ↑people, ↑person, ↑worker, ↑youth

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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  • Unemployed — Un em*ployed , a. 1. Not employed in manual or other labor; having no regular work. [1913 Webster] 2. Not invested or used; as, unemployed capital. [1913 Webster] 3. (Economics) actively seeking employment but unable to find a suitable job. [1913 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • unemployed — 1600, at leisure, not occupied, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + pp. of EMPLOY (Cf. employ). Meaning temporarily out of work is from 1660s. The noun meaning unemployed persons collectively is from 1782; unemployment first recorded 1888. [Say the]… …   Etymology dictionary

  • unemployed — [un΄emploid′] adj. 1. not employed; without work 2. not being used; idle the unemployed people who are out of work …   English World dictionary

  • unemployed — I adjective disengaged, disused, doing nothing, idle, inactive, jobless, leisured, not employed, not working, otiosus, out of employment, out of work, unengaged, unoccupied, unused, vacuus, without employment, workless associated concepts:… …   Law dictionary

  • unemployed — [adj] without a job at liberty*, between jobs*, closed down*, disengaged, down, fired, free, idle, inactive, jobless, laid off, leisured, loafing*, on layoff, on the bench*, on the dole*, on the shelf*, out of action*, out of a job, out of work,… …   New thesaurus

  • unemployed — ► ADJECTIVE 1) without a paid job but available to work. 2) (of a thing) not in use …   English terms dictionary

  • unemployed — ▪ I. unemployed un‧em‧ployed 1 [ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd◂] adjective without a job: • I have been unemployed for two years. • an unemployed accountant   [m0] ▪ II. unemployed unemployed 2 noun [plural] …   Financial and business terms

  • unemployed — [[t]ʌ̱nɪmplɔ͟ɪd[/t]] ADJ Someone who is unemployed does not have a job. The problem is millions of people are unemployed... This workshop helps young unemployed people in Grimsby... Have you been unemployed for over six months? N PLURAL: the N… …   English dictionary

  • unemployed — un|em|ployed1 W3S2 [ˌʌnımˈplɔıd] adj without a job = ↑out of work ▪ an unemployed actor ▪ I ve only been unemployed for a few weeks. unemployed 2 unemployed2 n the unemployed [plural] people who have no job the long term unemployed (=people who… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • unemployed — un|em|ployed [ ,ʌnım plɔıd ] adjective *** without a job: About 8.4 million people are unemployed in the United States today. an unemployed actor/engineer/teacher a. the unemployed people who are unemployed: Up to 60% of the unemployed were women …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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