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unemployed en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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  • /ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English employed English unemployed From un- + employed.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Having no job despite being able and willing to work.
    • Several special types of unemployed workers are described. These include nonmodal workers, threshold workers, "the unemployables", and the physically handicapped. 1934, United States. Bureau of Employment Security, Employment Security Review, volumes 2-5, page 15:
    • The number of unemployed keeps rising steadily.
    • The government announced a new initiative to help the unemployed.
  2. (not-comparable) Having no use, not doing work
    • England's attacking impetus was limited to one shot from Lampard that was comfortably collected by keeper Iker Casillas, but for all Spain's domination of the ball his England counterpart Joe Hart was unemployed. 2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport:

Antonyms

employed · working · employed · working · in use · employed

Deriveds

unemployedness · shake hands with the unemployed · funemployed

Hypernyms

lacking

Hyponyms

Withnailesque · funemployed · laid-off

Relateds

unemployment · lay off

Synonyms

unbusy · disused · antediluvial · unoccupied · idle · parachronistic · disused · outdated · nonactive · latent · unactive · dated · at rest · dootsie · out of a job · unemployed · outworn · employmentally challenged · suspended · sedent · idle · workless · workless · inactive · Miss Havishamesque · slow · dormant · occupationless · superseded · Havishamesque · cessant · obsolete · desuete · out of fashion · old-fashioned · nonemployed · standing by · idle · passive · backwards · between jobs · defunct · languid · fallow · behind the times · unemployed · fossilized · expired · antediluvian · abeyant · unemployed · dull · antiquated · workless · elderly · discontinued · cobwebbed · superannuated · venerable · silent · cobwebby · jobless · resting · sedentary · mouldy · archaic · on the wallaby track · quiescent · anachronistic · passé · idle · antique · old school · outmoded · primitive · hibernating · jobless · out of work · torpid · oldfangled · out of date · old · hoary · on the wallaby · inert · extinct · unbusied · backward · unoccupied

Translations (82)

az işsiz (having no job) · ca desocupat (having no job) · sk nezamestnaný (having no job) · ckb بێکار (having no job) · ga dífhostaithe (having no job) · izh töötöin (having no job) · se bargguheapme (having no job) · cmn 失業的 /失业的 (having no job) · km គ្មានការងារធ្វើ (having no job) · be беспрацо́ўны (having no job) · ko 실직한 (having no job) · ja 失業者 (having no job) · ota كارسز (having no job) · lt bedarbis (having no job) · es parado (having no job) · hy գործազուրկ (having no job) · nrf d'sempliyé (having no job) · hu munkanélküli (having no job) · cy di-waith (having no job) · da arbejdsløs (having no job) · ur بے روز گار (having no job) · el άνεργος (having no job) · vo nenvobik (having no job) · ca aturat (having no job) · fr au chômage (having no job) · mk невработен (having no job) · sl brezposeln (having no job) · fr chômeur (having no job) · se bargguheapmi (having no job) · lv bezdarbnieks (having no job) · sh nezaposlen (having no job) · hi बेरोज़गार (having no job) · fi työtön (having no job) · gd dìomhain (having no job) · ga neamhfhostaithe (having no job) · et töötu (having no job) · th ว่างงาน (having no job) · es desempleado (having no job) · es cesante (having no job) · sv arbetslös (having no job) · bg безработен (having no job) · tr işsiz (having no job) · fa بیکار (having no job) · sh незапослен (having no job) · pt desempregado (having no job) · ar مُتَبَطِّلَة (having no job) · hu állástalan (having no job) · he מובטל (having no job) · it disoccupato (having no job) · ug ئىشسىز (having no job) · nn arbeidsledig (having no job) · hi निकम्मा (having no job) · ka უმუშევარი (having no job) · ru безрабо́тный (having no job) · nl arbeidsloos (having no job) · ru нетрудоустро́енный (having no job) · lb aarbechtslos (having no job) · cs nezaměstnaný (having no job) · bo ལས་མེད (having no job) · nb arbeidsledig (having no job) · ru нерабо́тающий (having no job) · ko 실업자 (having no job) · ar مُتَبَطِّل (having no job) · ru неза́нятый (having no job) · vi thất nghiệp (having no job) · pl bezrobotny (having no job) · uk безробі́тний (having no job) · mi kore mahi (having no job) · ka დაუსაქმებელი (having no job) · fr inoccupé (having no job) · pl niezatrudniony (having no job) · nn arbeidslaus (having no job) · pdt oabeitslooss (having no job) · nl werkloos (having no job) · hi बेकार (having no job) · nb arbeidsløs (having no job) · sq i papunë (having no job) · my အလုပ်မဲ့ (having no job) · ro șomer (having no job) · ko 실업의 (having no job) · is atvinnulaus (having no job) · de arbeitslos (having no job)

unemployed en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (US) audio
  • /ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English employed English unemployed From un- + employed.

Meanings

  1. (plural, plural-only, with the) The unemployed people of a society or the world, taken collectively.

Translations (17)

pl bezrobotni (the unemployed as a group) · fi työttömät (the unemployed as a group) · tr işsizler (the unemployed as a group) · cmn 失業者 /失业者 (the unemployed as a group) · fr les chômeurs (the unemployed as a group) · el άνεργοι (the unemployed as a group) · pt os desempregados (the unemployed as a group) · ko 실업자 (the unemployed as a group) · mi hunga kore mahi (the unemployed as a group) · da arbejdsløs (the unemployed as a group) · sv arbetslös (the unemployed as a group) · it i disoccupati (the unemployed as a group) · ru безрабо́тные (the unemployed as a group) · ja 失業者 (the unemployed as a group) · bg безработните (the unemployed as a group) · de die Arbeitslosen (the unemployed as a group) · nl werklozen (the unemployed as a group)