unemployed people

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• unemployed people — noun people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group) the long term unemployed need assistance • Syn: ↑unemployed • Usage Domain: ↑plural, ↑plural form • Hypernyms: ↑people …   Useful english dictionary

• unemployed — [un΄emploid′] adj. 1. not employed; without work 2. not being used; idle the unemployed people who are out of work …   English World dictionary

• unemployed — ▪ I. unemployed un‧em‧ployed 1 [ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd◂] adjective without a job: • I have been unemployed for two years. • an unemployed accountant   [m0] ▪ II. unemployed unemployed 2 noun [plural] …   Financial and business terms

• unemployed — [[t]ʌ̱nɪmplɔ͟ɪd[/t]] ADJ Someone who is unemployed does not have a job. The problem is millions of people are unemployed... This workshop helps young unemployed people in Grimsby... Have you been unemployed for over six months? N PLURAL: the N… …   English dictionary

• unemployed — un|em|ployed1 W3S2 [ˌʌnımˈplɔıd] adj without a job = ↑out of work ▪ an unemployed actor ▪ I ve only been unemployed for a few weeks. unemployed 2 unemployed2 n the unemployed [plural] people who have no job the long term unemployed (=people who… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• unemployed — un|em|ployed [ ,ʌnım plɔıd ] adjective *** without a job: About 8.4 million people are unemployed in the United States today. an unemployed actor/engineer/teacher a. the unemployed people who are unemployed: Up to 60% of the unemployed were women …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• unemployed — n. unemployed people the hard core unemployed * * * [ˌʌnɪm plɔɪd] [ unemployed people ] the hardcore unemployed …   Combinatory dictionary

• unemployed */*/*/ — UK [ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd] / US adjective a) without a job Have you been unemployed for a year or more? an unemployed actor/engineer/teacher b) the unemployed people who are unemployed Up to 60% of the unemployed were women …   English dictionary

• unemployed*/ — [ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd] adj 1) without a job Have you been unemployed for a year or more?[/ex] an unemployed actor/engineer/teacher[/ex] 2) the unemployed people who are unemployed …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• unemployed — 1 / VnIm plOId/ adjective without a job 2 noun the unemployed (plural) people who have no job: the long term unemployed (=people who have not had a job for a long time) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• unemployed — 1. adjective Having no job (despite being able and willing to work). Syn: jobless, out of work See Also: unemployment 2. noun (the unemployed; plural) Unempl …   Wiktionary