See Also: Unemployed(finance)
unemployed(dictionary)
unemployed 1, adjective(dictionary)
unemployed 2, noun(dictionary)
Hard-Core Unemployed(money)

unemployed (iou)



unemployed adjective & noun. As adjective also unimployed. E17.
[from UN-1 + employed pa. pple of EMPLOY verb.]
A. adjective.
Not made use of, usu. for a particular purpose. E17.
Not engaged in any occupation; idle; out of paid employment, redundant. M17.
b. absol. as noun. (The) unemployed people. Now also (rare), an unemployed person. L18.
Lyndon B. Johnson Jobs were plentiful, but the unemployed were incapable of filling them. Daily Telegraph Young unemployeds can lose their rights to grants when taking up full-time education.