English Explanatory Dictionary

unemployed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having no job despite being able and willing to work.
  2. Having no use, not doing work
noun
  1. The unemployed people of a society or the world, taken collectively.

Pronunciation

/ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unemployed.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-unemployed.wav

Word forms

unemployed

Etymology

From un- + employed.

Synonyms

between jobs employmentally challenged idle jobless nonemployed occupationless on the wallaby on the wallaby track out of a job out of work resting unbusied unemployed workless disused abeyant at rest cessant dormant dull fallow inactive inert languid latent nonactive passive quiescent silent sedent sedentary slow suspended torpid unactive unbusy unoccupied anachronistic antediluvial antediluvian antiquated antique archaic backward backwards behind the times cobwebbed cobwebby dated defunct desuete discontinued dootsie elderly extinct expired fossilized Havishamesque hoary Miss Havishamesque

Antonyms

employed working in use

Related words

unemployment lay off

Derived words

funemployed shake hands with the unemployed
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