English adjective: unemployed | |||
| 1. | unemployed not engaged in a gainful occupation | ||
| Samples | Unemployed workers marched on the capital. | ||
| Similar | discharged, dismissed, fired, idle, jobless, laid-off, out of work, pink-slipped | ||
| See also | idle | ||
| Antonyms | employed | ||
English noun: unemployed | |||
| 1. | unemployed (group) people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group) | ||
| Samples | The long-term unemployed need assistance. | ||
| Synonyms | unemployed people | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | people | ||
| Domain usage | plural, plural form | ||