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unemployed

Pronunciation: /ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd/

The English word “unemployed” has 3 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Having no job despite being able and willing to work.
  2. Having no use, not doing work

noun

  1. The unemployed people of a society or the world, taken collectively.

Etymology

From un- + employed.

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