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UNEMPLOYED
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
People who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group)
Example:
the long-term unemployed need assistance
Synonyms:
unemployed; unemployed people
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("unemployed" is a kind of...):
people ((plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively)
Domain usage:
plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not engaged in a gainful occupation
Example:
unemployed workers marched on the capital
Classified under:
Similar:
discharged; dismissed; fired; laid-off; pink-slipped (having lost your job)
idle; jobless; out of work (not having a job)
Also:
idle (not in action or at work)
Antonym:
employed (having your services engaged for; or having a job especially one that pays wages or a salary)
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