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- [uhn-em-ploid]
- /ˌʌn ɛmˈplɔɪd/
- /ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [uhn-em-ploid]
- /ˌʌn ɛmˈplɔɪd/
Definitions of unemployed word
- adjective unemployed not employed; without a job; out of work: an unemployed secretary. 1
- adjective unemployed not currently in use: unemployed productive capacity. 1
- adjective unemployed not productively used: unemployed capital. 1
- noun unemployed (used with a plural verb) people who do not have jobs (usually preceded by the): programs to help the unemployed. 1
- adjective unemployed person: jobless 1
- noun,plural unemployed jobless people 1
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Origin of unemployed
First appearance:
before 1590 One of the 37% oldest English words
First recorded in 1590-1600; un-1 + employ + -ed2
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Unemployed
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
unemployed popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
unemployed usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for unemployed
adj unemployed
- at leisure — having free time for ease, relaxation, etc
- dead — A person, animal, or plant that is dead is no longer living.
- draggy — moving or developing very slowly.
- free — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- inoperable — not operable or practicable.
Antonyms for unemployed
adj unemployed
- at it — having sex
- at work — If someone is at work they are doing their job or are busy doing a particular activity.
- ball of fire — a very lively person
- busy — A busy time is a period of time during which you have a lot of things to do.
- busy as a beaver — (simile) Very busy.
noun unemployed
- blue collar — of or relating to wage-earning workers who wear work clothes or other specialized clothing on the job, as mechanics, longshoremen, and miners. Compare white-collar.
- operatives — Plural form of operative.
- worker — a person or thing that works.
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