[job-lis] 
| 1. | without a job. |
| 2. | noting or pertaining to persons without jobs, esp. to those who are seeking employment. |
| 3. | (used with a plural verb ) unemployed people collectively, esp. those who are seeking a job (usually prec. by the). |
| job·less (jŏb'lĭs) adj.
Unemployed people considered as a group. Used with the. job'less·ness n. |