unemployed

adjective/ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd/

Frequency rank: #4,816 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

not having a paid job; out of work.

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Example sentence

After the factory closed, he was unemployed for six months before finding a new job.

Synonyms & related words

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