Synonyms for unemployed
ˌʌn ɛmˈplɔɪdun·em·ployed

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1. unemployednoun

   Synonyms:
   jobless

2. unemployedadjective

   Having no profession (despite being able and willing to work).

   The unemployed are a growing portion of the population.

   Synonyms:
   jobless

3. unemployedadjective

   Synonyms:
   out of work, out-of-work, jobless

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1. unemployed

   Idle in all uses rests upon its root meaning, as derived from the Anglo-Saxon idel, which signifies vain, empty, useless. Idle thus denotes not primarily the absence of action, but vain action — the absence of useful, effective action; the idle schoolboy may be very actively whittling his desk or tormenting his neighbors. Doing nothing whatever is the secondary meaning of idle. One may be temporarily idle of necessity; if he is habitually idle, it is his own fault. Lazy signifies indisposed to exertion, averse to labor; idleness is in fact; laziness is in disposition or inclination. A lazy person may chance to be employed in useful work, but he acts without energy or impetus. We speak figuratively of a lazy stream. The inert person seems like dead matter (characterized by inertia), powerless to move; the sluggish moves heavily and toilsomely; the most active person may sometimes find the bodily or mental powers sluggish. Slothful belongs in the moral realm, denoting a self-indulgent aversion to exertion. "The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth," Prov. xxvi, 15. Indolent is a milder term for the same quality; the slothful man hates action; the indolent man loves inaction. Compare VAIN.

   Synonyms:
   idle, inactive, indolent, inert, lazy, slothful, sluggish, trifling, unoccupied, vacant

   Antonyms:
   active, busy, diligent, employed, industrious, occupied, working

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1. unemployed people, unemployedadjective

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

   "the long-term unemployed need assistance"

   Synonyms:
   unemployed people

   Antonyms:
   employed, working(a), engaged, hired, on the job(p)

2. unemployedadjective

   not engaged in a gainful occupation

   "unemployed workers marched on the capital"

   Antonyms:
   on the job(p), hired, employed, engaged, working(a)

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. uncommissioned

   without any designated work.

   Submitted by rinat on September 9, 2019  

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1. unemployedadjective

   Synonyms:
   unoccupied, doing nothing, out of employment

2. unemployedadjective

   Synonyms:
   disused

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1. List of paraphrases for "unemployed":

   jobless, unemployment, non-employed, ployed, redundant

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1. Robin Clark:

   There are a lot of psychosocial support just around daily living that really good effective centers try to offer to help people re-enter normal life after they have been unemployed, many people have been in prison.

2. Chibeze Ezekiel:

   We agree that there are people who are unemployed and that jobs are critical, but we believe that there's a better alternative in the area of renewable energy which guarantees employment not only for the short term, but for a long time.

3. Yannis Ktistakis:

   These are not just attacks by frustrated unemployed people, the climate has deteriorated.

4. His Syriza party:

   Democracy cannot be blackmailed, dignity cannot be bargained, workers, the unemployed, young people, the Greek people and the rest of the peoples of Europe will send a loud message of resistance to the alleged one-way path of austerity, resistance to the blackmail and scare-mongering.

5. Tim Gray:

   The message of the movie is even though you are unemployed and you haven't gotten all the success you deserve, you are still an amazing, terrific person, i think everybody in the Academy can relate to that because that's the state of normalcy for the film industry, that you spend a lot of time unemployed.