- unemployed people
- nounpeople who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group)-
the long-term unemployed need assistance
• Syn: ↑unemployed• Usage Domain: ↑plural, ↑plural form• Hypernyms: ↑people
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
unemployed people
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unemployed — un|em|ployed [ ,ʌnım plɔıd ] adjective *** without a job: About 8.4 million people are unemployed in the United States today. an unemployed actor/engineer/teacher a. the unemployed people who are unemployed: Up to 60% of the unemployed were women … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
unemployed — n. unemployed people the hard core unemployed * * * [ˌʌnɪm plɔɪd] [ unemployed people ] the hardcore unemployed … Combinatory dictionary
unemployed */*/*/ — UK [ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd] / US adjective a) without a job Have you been unemployed for a year or more? an unemployed actor/engineer/teacher b) the unemployed people who are unemployed Up to 60% of the unemployed were women … English dictionary
unemployed*/ — [ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd] adj 1) without a job Have you been unemployed for a year or more?[/ex] an unemployed actor/engineer/teacher[/ex] 2) the unemployed people who are unemployed … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
unemployed — 1 / VnIm plOId/ adjective without a job 2 noun the unemployed (plural) people who have no job: the long term unemployed (=people who have not had a job for a long time) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
unemployed — 1. adjective Having no job (despite being able and willing to work). Syn: jobless, out of work See Also: unemployment 2. noun (the unemployed; plural) Unempl … Wiktionary
