unemployed

Definition:
1. Without a job although able to work.
2. Not engaged in a gainful occupation.

Use 'unemployed' in a sentence:

• 1. Indeed today's unemployed don't seem to be having a great time.
• 2. Unemployed workers face difficult odds.
• 3. Many young people worry that once they graduate from university, they will join the ranks of the unemployed.
• 4. Ask anyone newly unemployed what they want and the answer is always: a job.
• 5. Such visions are based on the downsides of being unemployed in a society built on the concept of employment.
• 6. Unemployed Queenslanders were victims of personal crime twice as often as employed people.
• 7. There is already an element of compulsion in existing government schemes for the unemployed.
• 8. If you're unemployed and want some advice on the practical aspects of looking for a job, Saved is the person to talk to.
• 9. Unemployed young men loiter at the entrance of the factory.
• 10. I've got loads of friends who're unemployed.
• 11. Have you been unemployed for over six months?
• 12. She was unemployed for all that time.
• 13. How long have you been unemployed?
• 14. The problem is millions of people are unemployed.
• 15. New research says the US recession is now over, but many people remain unemployed.
• 16. Her husband is unemployed and the family depends on charity.
• 17. Actually, this problem should be everyone's concern since uneducated, unemployed citizens affect us all.
• 18. This is a pressing issue because many people are becoming unemployed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• 19. This bum is an unemployed man in the slum.
• 20. Last month, 370,000 Americans joined the ranks of the unemployed.
• 21. The unemployed are not a homogeneous group.
• 22. Firms should be allowed to offer jobs to the long-term unemployed at a lower wage.
• 23. A job placement program exists to help those who are unemployed.
• 24. One problem not mentioned is the unemployed may not have the skills to fill the vacancies on offer.
• 25. Times are hard for the unemployed.
• 26. It did provide jobs for thousands of unemployed artists.
• 27. We want to create jobs for the unemployed.
• 28. He just wants to draw attention to the plight of the unemployed.
• 29. Many unemployed people experience feelings of isolation and depression.
• 30. He has no conception of how difficult life is if you're unemployed.
• 31. Bert was a footloose, unemployed actor.
• 32. Bringing up a family when you're unemployed is no picnic.
• 33. The government is accused of ratting on its promises to the unemployed.
• 34. Being unemployed produces negative attitudes to work.
• 35. The unemployed cannot withdraw their labour — they have no power.
• 36. I've joined the ranks of the unemployed.
• 37. If they are unemployed it's bound to breed resentment.
• 38. The long-term unemployed are becoming a new underclass.
• 39. Almost 13 per cent of the working population is already unemployed.
• 40. At 50, he was forced to join the ranks of the unemployed.
• 41. This workshop helps young unemployed people.
• 42. Public expenditure was being stretched to the limit by having to support 3 million unemployed people.
• 43. Groups of unemployed people from all over the country marched in procession to the capital.
• 44. A new training scheme to help the long-term unemployed is expected.
• 45. Almost 13 percent of the working population is already unemployed.
• 46. The unemployed executives include former sales managers, directors and accountants.
• 47. The government has only made a token gesture towards helping the unemployed.
• 48. Among those 18 and over, 510,000 benefit claimants were not unemployed.