释义
[ uhn-em-ploid ] SHOW IPA
/ ˌʌn ɛmˈplɔɪd / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective not employed; without a job; out of work: an unemployed secretary.
not currently in use: unemployed productive capacity.
not productively used: unemployed capital.
noun (used with a plural verb )Usually the unemployed . people who do not have jobs: programs to help the unemployed.
Origin of unemployed First recorded in 1590–1600; un-1 + employ + -ed2
SYNONYMS FOR unemployed 1 unoccupied, idle, at liberty, jobless.
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Words nearby unemployed UNEF, unelectable, unembarrassed, unemotional, unemployable, unemployed , unemployment, unemployment benefit, unemployment compensation, unemployment insurance, unencrypted
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Example sentences from the Web for unemployed Around half the Baluch in the province are unemployed , a result, say rights groups, of longstanding marginalization by Tehran.
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The unemployed have a right to be anxious about the ravages on their families exacted by their unemployment.
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Since the spill, the number of unemployed residents in Louisiana and Alabama has only increased.
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A few held signs addressed to George, asking him to “adopt an unemployed worker.”
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You go about the world like an unemployed and wandering angel, seeking to make the lives of others happier.
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The Bishop of Manchester preached some few weeks ago a sermon to the unemployed of that city.
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The unemployed energy of the nation, like an unemployed human muscle, is losing its vitality.
Nelly was sitting in a chair by the open window as Robin had left her, tearless, her unemployed hands lying in her lap.
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Meditating so many subjects so assiduously, Schiller knew not what it was to be unemployed .
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British Dictionary definitions for unemployed adjective without remunerative employment; out of work (as collective noun; preceded by the ) the unemployed not being used; idle
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Words related to unemployed idle, inactive, jobless, underemployed, down, loafing, free, disengaged, fired, out of work, resting, unoccupied, unused, at liberty, closed down, laid off, leisured, on the bench, on the dole, on the shelf