Unemployed - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd|  American pronunciation of the word unemployed
Brit.  |ʌnɪmˈplɔɪd|  British pronunciation of the word unemployed

noun

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

adjective

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

Extra examples

...the plant closings left a significant portion of the town's population unemployed...

I've only been unemployed for a few weeks.

He has generous sympathy for unemployed workers.

She was unemployed and penniless.

...feared that automation would add millions to the ranks of the unemployed...

Any unemployed person counts as deserving government help.

The prisoner described himself as an unemployed painter.

The fact that you are unemployed is no reflection on you.

The ranks of the unemployed are daily swelling.

Chris has occasional casual work but mostly he is unemployed.

They promise immediate action to help the unemployed.

The number of unemployed has passed the two million mark for the first time.

Some unemployed people can be very difficult to place.

You're unemployed and in no position to support a family.

That summer I left school and joined the ranks of (=became one of) the unemployed.

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