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unemployed

/ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd/noun, adjective3 syllables

Unemployed means: not engaged in a gainful occupation.

Synonyms for unemployed24

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

unemployed people

adjective, as in not engaged in a gainful occupation

discharged, dismissed, fired, laid-off, pink-slipped, idle, jobless, out of work

also used for unemployed

workless, disused, abeyant, at rest, cessant, dormant, dull, fallow, hibernating, between jobs, employmentally challenged, nonemployed, occupationless, on the wallaby, on the wallaby track

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Opposites of unemployed

employed

What does unemployed mean?2

adjective

1

not engaged in a gainful occupation“unemployed workers marched on the capital”

noun

1

people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group)“the long-term unemployed need assistance”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with unemployed?12

one syllable

lloydvoidfreud

three syllables

overjoyed
Show 40 near rhymes
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Unemployed in a sentence

  • Because of the protracted depression, many workers are unemployed.unknown
  • Facebook helps us get through difficult times, such as when we are unemployed.AlanF_US
  • With so many unemployed, many can't pay their mortgages.xellugis
  • Just because someone doesn't have a job, doesn't mean they're unemployed.DJ_Saidez
  • In her address, she spoke of unemployed people.unknown
  • Her father has been unemployed for some time.Ergulis
  • Being unemployed gave me the chance to stand back and think about my life.Zifre
  • I hear that the number of the unemployed has been increasing recently.CM

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