| ADJECTIVE | all | unemployed | not engaged in a gainful occupation |
|---|---|---|---|
| NOUN | group | unemployed, unemployed people | people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group) |
| Sounds | ah.nehmploy'd | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | adenoid ... void: 38 rhymes with oyd... | |
| Meaning | not engaged in a gainful occupation. | |
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| Example | "unemployed workers marched on the capital" | |
| Narrower | discharged, dismissed, fired, laid-off, pink-slipped | Having lost your job |
| idle, jobless, out of work | not having a job | |
| See also | idle | not in action or at work |
| Opposite | employed | Having your services engaged for |
| Spanish | cesante, parado | |
| Catalan | aturat, desocupat, parat | |
| Meaning | people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group). | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the long-term unemployed need assistance" | |
| Synonym | unemployed people | |
| Broader | people | (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively |
| Usage of | plural, plural form | The form of a word that is used to denote more than one |
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