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jobless

[ job-lis ]

adjective

  1. without a job.
  2. noting or pertaining to people without jobs, especially to those who are seeking employment.


noun

, (used with a plural verb)
  1. unemployed people collectively, especially those who are seeking a job.

ˈjobless

/ ˈdʒɒblɪs /

adjective

    1. unemployed
    2. ( as collective noun; preceded by the )

      the jobless



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Derived Forms

  • ˈjoblessness, noun

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Other Words From

  • jobless·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of jobless1

First recorded in 1800–10; job 1 + -less

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Example Sentences

The number of new jobless claims has come down since the earliest days of the pandemic but remains at an extremely high level week in and week out.

While the $300 payments are down from $600 per week provided by the CARES Act through July 2020, it’s still much needed aid to help jobless Americans make ends meet.

From Fortune

Those aid package have funneled hundreds of billions to small businesses, jobless Americans and others hurt by the coronavirus pandemic.

If the BLS were to include those 4 million jobless Americans who have yet to return to the workforce in its unemployment rate, the “real” jobless rate would sit at 9% for November.

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That’s down from the $600 weekly payment that the CARES Act sent jobless Americans through late July.

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Last year, it let an unemployment extension for the long-term jobless expire during the holidays.

Emergency benefits have just expired for some 1.3 million jobless Americans, putting a huge dent in our economy.

With the help of GM and Ford and jobless claims at a five-year low, the S&P hit a record high of over 1,700 points.

Starting in early 2010, this ceased to be a jobless recovery.

Today, however, Dixon is in transition from being jobless and homeless.

Half a thousand jobless workers, armed and reckless, marched toward the docks.

Now half a thousand jobless workers, armed and reckless, marched toward the docks.

He was more and more afraid of her as the despair of the jobless man in the hard city settled down on him.

What she was ashamed of now was the home it must take her to and the jobless husband waiting for her there.

The day before a jobless soldier threw himself beneath a train and his last words were, 'Over the top and the best of luck.'

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