unemployed

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Having no job despite being able and willing to work.
2. (not-comparable) Having no use, not doing work

Noun

The unemployed people of a society or the world, taken collectively.

Opposite of

employed, working, in use

Synonyms

jobless

out of work

idle

unoccupied

unemployed people

at leisure

disengaged

out-of-work

redundant

unemployed person

unused

workless

unemployment

otiose

futile

without work

dead

💀

on the dole

free

🆓

unpractised

having no work

useless

vagrant

wandering

idle labour

laid off

not working

on the dole

idler

inactive

invalid

good-for-nothing

lose

meaningless

Translations

chômeur

disoccupato

parado

arbeitslos

desempregado

desempleado

werkloos

άνεργος

senza lavoro

werkeloos

erwerbslos

desocupado

au chômage

chômage

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd/

Etymology

From un- + employed.