Synonyms for unemployed
ˌʌn ɛmˈplɔɪdun·em·ployed

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1. unemployednoun

   Synonyms:
   jobless

2. unemployedadjective

   Having no profession (despite being able and willing to work).

   The unemployed are a growing portion of the population.

   Synonyms:
   jobless

3. unemployedadjective

   Synonyms:
   out of work, out-of-work, jobless

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1. unemployed

   Idle in all uses rests upon its root meaning, as derived from the Anglo-Saxon idel, which signifies vain, empty, useless. Idle thus denotes not primarily the absence of action, but vain action — the absence of useful, effective action; the idle schoolboy may be very actively whittling his desk or tormenting his neighbors. Doing nothing whatever is the secondary meaning of idle. One may be temporarily idle of necessity; if he is habitually idle, it is his own fault. Lazy signifies indisposed to exertion, averse to labor; idleness is in fact; laziness is in disposition or inclination. A lazy person may chance to be employed in useful work, but he acts without energy or impetus. We speak figuratively of a lazy stream. The inert person seems like dead matter (characterized by inertia), powerless to move; the sluggish moves heavily and toilsomely; the most active person may sometimes find the bodily or mental powers sluggish. Slothful belongs in the moral realm, denoting a self-indulgent aversion to exertion. "The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth," Prov. xxvi, 15. Indolent is a milder term for the same quality; the slothful man hates action; the indolent man loves inaction. Compare VAIN.

   Synonyms:
   idle, inactive, indolent, inert, lazy, slothful, sluggish, trifling, unoccupied, vacant

   Antonyms:
   active, busy, diligent, employed, industrious, occupied, working

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1. unemployed people, unemployedadjective

   people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group)

   "the long-term unemployed need assistance"

   Synonyms:
   unemployed people

   Antonyms:
   employed, working(a), engaged, hired, on the job(p)

2. unemployedadjective

   not engaged in a gainful occupation

   "unemployed workers marched on the capital"

   Antonyms:
   on the job(p), hired, employed, engaged, working(a)

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. uncommissioned

   without any designated work.

   Submitted by rinat on September 9, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. unemployedadjective

   Synonyms:
   unoccupied, doing nothing, out of employment

2. unemployedadjective

   Synonyms:
   disused

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1. List of paraphrases for "unemployed":

   jobless, unemployment, non-employed, ployed, redundant

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1. Sam Bullard:

   Most recently, continuing claims have plateaued and suggest that we could be seeing an early sign that employers are calling back employees as states begin to re-open, focus should continue to center on continuing claims, which provide a better idea of the challenges unemployed workers face and also some insight into the hit to GDP growth.

2. Guadalupe Retana:

   What we feared has begun to happen. I am officially unemployed, today, various people began leaving La Mora.

3. Stuart Cole:

   Going forward, the big question is just how long can the Fed maintain its dovish stance in opposition to the markets, particularly if companies begin raising wages to encourage unemployed labor back into the workforce, in turn driving a large hole in the Fed’s transitory inflation argument.

4. Amama Mbabazi:

   What security do our youth, 83 percent of them that are unemployed ... what security do they feel?

5. Robin Clark:

   There are a lot of psychosocial support just around daily living that really good effective centers try to offer to help people re-enter normal life after they have been unemployed, many people have been in prison.