jobless

jobless
Synonyms and related words:
at leisure, at liberty, at loose ends, available, disengaged, fallow, free, idle, leisure, leisured, lumpen, off, off duty, off work, otiose, out of employ, out of harness, out of work, unemployable, unemployed, unoccupied, workless

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  • jobless */ — UK [ˈdʒɒbləs] / US [ˈdʒɑbləs] adjective mainly journalism without a job a jobless steelworker a) [only before noun] relating to people who do not have a job Canada s jobless rate was 10.3 per cent. b) the jobless people who do not have jobs Many… …   English dictionary

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  • jobless — [ˈdʒɒbləs] adj mainly journalism without a job, or relating to people without a job Syn: unemployed a jobless steelworker[/ex] Canada s jobless rate was 10.3 per cent.[/ex] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

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