unemployed
/ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd/
unemployed adjective: having no job despite being able and willing to work.
Adjective
unemployed (not comparable)
- Having no job despite being able and willing to work.
- The government announced a new initiative to help the unemployed.
- The number of unemployed keeps rising steadily.
- Having no use, not doing work
- England's attacking impetus was limited to one shot from Lampard that was comfortably collected by keeper Iker Casillas, but for all Spain's domination of the ball his England counterpart Joe Hart was unemployed.2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport
Noun
unemployed pl (plural only)
unemployed meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
unemployed in Hindi
- having no job
- बेकार bekār, बेरोज़गार berozgār, निकम्मा nikammā
unemployed in Tamil
- கிலிசைகெட்ட, வேலையில்லா இளைஞர்
unemployed in Marathi
- unemployed
- बेकार bekār
unemployed in Urdu
- having no job
- بے روز گار be roz gār
More languagesFewer languages
- unemployed in Bengali
- অকর্মক okormok, বেকার bekar
- unemployed in Telugu
- నిరుద్యోగులు, నిరుద్యోగి
- unemployed in Malayalam
- തൊഴിൽരഹിതൻ
- unemployed in Kannada
- ಉದ್ಯೋಗವಿಲ್ಲದ, ನಿರುದ್ಯೋಗಿಯಾದ, ಕೆಲಸವಿಲ್ಲದ, ಬಳಸದ
- unemployed in Punjabi
- نکما nikammā, ਨਿਕੱਮਾ nikammā, ਬੇਕਾਰ bekār, ویلھا velhā
- unemployed in Gujarati
- બેરોજગાર, બેરોજગારો
- unemployed in Odia
- ଖାଲି khāli
- unemployed in Arabic
- مُتَبَطِّل mutabaṭṭil, مُتَبَطِّلَة mutabaṭṭila
- unemployed in Persian
- بیکار bi-kâr
- unemployed in Thai
- ว่างงาน wâang-ngaan
- unemployed in Vietnamese
- thất nghiệp
- unemployed in Myanmar
- အလုပ်မဲ့ a.lupmai.
Examples of unemployed in a sentence
- The organization provides training and assistance to help the unemployed get back on their feet.
- More people were simply scored off the list of unemployed than found employment through employment bureaux.
- Landowners received royalties from the phosphate earnings, and many Nauruans were unemployed by choice.
Synonyms of unemployed
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Origin of unemployed
From un- + employed.
Words formed from unemployed
Words that rhyme with unemployed
Questions about unemployed
- What does unemployed mean?
- Unemployed means having no job despite being able and willing to work.
- What is unemployed in Hindi?
- Unemployed in Hindi is बेकार (bekār), बेरोज़गार (berozgār), निकम्मा (nikammā). See Unemployed meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is unemployed?
- Unemployed can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce unemployed?
- Unemployed is pronounced /ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd/.
Words near unemployed in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: unemployed (page history and authors); unemployed (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); बेकार (Marathi) (page history and authors); অকর্মক (Bengali) (page history and authors); unemployed (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unemployed (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unemployed (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); نکما (Punjabi) (page history and authors); unemployed (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ଖାଲି (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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