- unemployed⇄adj. 1. not employed; not in use.
Ex. an unemployed skill.
2. not having a job; having no work.
Ex. an unemployed person.
3. earning no interest or dividends; not loaned or invested.
Ex. unemployed capital. - unemployed⇄expr. the unemployed, people out of work.
Ex. Some of the unemployed sought aid from the government. The employed and the unemployed, taken together, constitute the labour force (Leon E. Truesdell). - unemployed⇄noun
- unemployed⇄unemployed, adjective, noun.