unemployed

(ŭn'ĕm-ploid', -ĭm-)
adj.

1. Out of work, especially involuntarily; jobless.
2. Not being used; idle.

n. (used with a pl. verb)
People who are involuntarily out of work considered as a group. Used with the.

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adjective

1. Out of work: jobless, workless. See work/play.
2. Not occupied or put to use: idle, inactive, unused, vacant. See used/unused.

adj

Definition: without a job
Antonyms: employed, occupied

For a list of words related to unemployed, see:

• Labor - unemployed: those who are out of work

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - arbejdsløs, arbejdsfri, ledig

Nederlands (Dutch)
werkloos (zonder werk), ongebruikt, niet geïnvesteerd, de werklozen

Français (French)
adj. - au chômage, sans emploi, (Fin) inutilisé
n. - les chômeurs

Deutsch (German)
adj. - arbeitslos, beschäftigungslos
n. - Arbeitsloser

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (οι) άνεργοι
adj. - άνεργος, άεργος, αδρανής, αχρησιμοποίητος

Italiano (Italian)
disoccupato

Português (Portuguese)
n. - desempregado (m)
adj. - desempregado, inaproveitável

Русский (Russian)
безработный, незадействованный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - desempleado, desocupado, cesante
n. - desempleado, desocupado

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - arbetslös
adj. - arbetslös, outnyttjad

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
失业的, 未被利用的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 失業的, 未被利用的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 실직한, 놀려 두는, 한가로운

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 雇用されていない, 失業者, 利用されていない, 寝かしてある, 失業した

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) العاطلون عن العمل (صفه) عاطل عن العمل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מובטל, חסר-עבודה‬

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