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Definition unemployed in American English

unemployed adjective

adjective
/ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd/
1

without a job

Example

About 8.4 million people are unemployed in the United States today.

Example

an unemployed actor/engineer/teacher

Synonyms and related words
1.1

people who are unemployed

Example

Up to 60% of the unemployed were women.

Synonyms and related words
Definition unemployed in American English