UNEMPLOYED

Pronunciation (US):

• UNEMPLOYED (noun)
  The noun UNEMPLOYED has 1 sense:

1. people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group)

  Familiarity information: UNEMPLOYED used as a noun is very rare.

• UNEMPLOYED (adjective)
  The adjective UNEMPLOYED has 1 sense:

1. not engaged in a gainful occupation

  Familiarity information: UNEMPLOYED used as an adjective is very rare.

• UNEMPLOYED (noun)

Meaning:

People who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

unemployed; unemployed people

Context example:

the long-term unemployed need assistance

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)

• UNEMPLOYED (adjective)

Meaning:

Not engaged in a gainful occupation

Context example:

unemployed workers marched on the capital

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)