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jobless

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job⋅less

  [job-lis]
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–adjective
1. without a job.
2. noting or pertaining to persons without jobs, esp. to those who are seeking employment.
–noun
3. (used with a plural verb) unemployed people collectively, esp. those who are seeking a job (usually prec. by the).
Origin:
1800–10; job 1 + -less

Related forms:
job⋅less⋅ness, noun
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job·less   (jŏb'lĭs)   
adj.  

  1. Having no job.

  2. Of or relating to those who have no jobs.

n.   (used with a pl. verb)
Unemployed people considered as a group. Used with the.
job'less·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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