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 | ||