[
US
/ˌənɛmˈpɫɔɪd/
]
[ UK /ʌnɛmplˈɔɪd/ ]
[ UK /ʌnɛmplˈɔɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
not engaged in a gainful occupation
unemployed workers marched on the capital
NOUN
-
people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group)
the long-term unemployed need assistance
How To Use unemployed In A Sentence
- Firms should be allowed to offer jobs to the long-term unemployed at a lower wage.
- Worry and lack of money cramp the lives of the unemployed.
- Millions of young, often well educated people are unemployed and face a bleak future.
- How long have you been unemployed?
- If you are unemployed you can claim social security.
- He was unemployed for two months after leaving college.
- Worry and lack of money cramp the lives of the unemployed.
- Unemployed workers have a thin time.
- The cut in benefits for the unemployed is a classic case of blaming the victim.
- The unemployed were signed up to do back-breaking manual work for low pay.
