unemployed

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English

Etymology

From un- +‎ employed.

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Adjective

unemployed (not comparable)

  1. Having no job despite being able and willing to work.
    Synonyms: jobless, workless; see also Thesaurus:unemployed
    Antonyms: employed, working
    The government announced a new initiative to help the unemployed.
    • 1934, United States. Bureau of Employment Security, Employment Security Review, volumes 2-5, page 15:
      Several special types of unemployed workers are described. These include nonmodal workers, threshold workers, "the unemployables", and the physically handicapped.
  2. Having no use, not doing work
    Synonyms: disused, idle; see also Thesaurus:inactive, Thesaurus:obsolete
    Antonyms: employed, in use
    • 2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport‎:
      England's attacking impetus was limited to one shot from Lampard that was comfortably collected by keeper Iker Casillas, but for all Spain's domination of the ball his England counterpart Joe Hart was unemployed.

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