unemployed - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'unemployed' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Unemployed

[ a.]

- Not employed in manual or other labor; having no regular work.
- Not invested or used; as, unemployed capital.

1 . unemployed

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group)

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2 . unemployed

[ a]

Meaning (2):
- not engaged in a gainful occupation

Example in sentence:

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Unemployed
Individuals who would like to be employed, and are actively seeking work, but cannot find a job, are considered “officially” unemployed.

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