unemployed

unemployed
Synonyms and related words:
at a standstill, at anchor, at leisure, at liberty, at loose ends, available, beggar, bummer, cadger, coupon clippers, dead-still, disengaged, drone, extra, fallow, fired, fixed, free, freeloader, fresh, held back, held in reserve, held out, idle, idle rich, immobile, immotive, in abeyance, in hand, jobless, leisure, leisure class, leisured, let go, lounge lizard, lumpen, lumpen proletariat, mendicant, mint, moocher, motionless, moveless, new, nonworker, off, off duty, off work, original, otiose, out of commission, out of employ, out of harness, out of work, panhandler, parasite, pristine, put aside, put by, rentiers, reserve, riding at anchor, saved, spare, spiv, sponger, static, stationary, statuelike, still, stock-still, stored, suspended, the unemployable, the unemployed, to spare, unapplied, unbeaten, unconsumed, unemployable, unengaged, unexercised, unexpended, unhandled, unmoved, unmoving, unoccupied, unspent, untapped, untouched, untrodden, unused, unutilized, waived, workless

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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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 — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun the unemployed ADJECTIVE ▪ long term PREPOSITION ▪ among the unemployed ▪ The party s policies were popular among the unemployed …   Collocations dictionary

  • 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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