jobless
adjective /ˈdʒɒbləs/
/ˈdʒɑːbləs/
- without a job synonym unemployed
- The closure left 500 people jobless.
- The company has plans to make more people jobless.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryJobless is used with these nouns:- benefit
- rate
- recovery
- …
- the joblessnoun [plural] people who are unemployedMore Like This Plural adjectival nounsPlural adjectival nouns
- the blind
- the deaf
- the destitute
- the dead
- the dying
- the elderly
- the faithful
- the homeless
- the injured
- the insane
- the jobless
- the middle aged
- the old
- the poor
- the rich
- the sick
- the squeamish
- the wealthy
- the wicked
- the wounded
- the young