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ɛmˈplɔɪd adjective
2.
not currently in use: unemployed productive capacity.
3.
not productively used: unemployed capital.
noun
4.
( used with a plural verb ) people who do not have jobs (usually preceded by the ): programs to help the unemployed.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | a. without remunerative employment; out of work |
| b. (as collective noun; preceded by the): the unemployed | |
| 2. | not being used; idle |
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unemployed
1600, "at leisure, not occupied," from un- (1) "not" + pp. of employ. Meaning "temporarily out of work" is from 1667. The noun meaning "unemployed persons collectively" is from 1782; unemployment first recorded 1888.
[Say the] voices of the unemployed
No man has hired us
With pocketed hands
And lowered faces
We stand about in open places
And shiver in unlit rooms
[T.S. Eliot, Choruses from the Rock]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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