Jobless

Synonyms for "jobless" (26 found)

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Closest matches (6)

out of work unemployed at leisure at liberty at loose ends available

Strong matches (7)

disengaged fallow free idle inactive leisure

Adjective(1 words)

idle

Related words (13)

leisured lumpen off off duty off work otiose out of employ out of harness unemployable unoccupied workless

Adjective(1 words)

out of work

Adjective(1 words)

unemployed

Related word relations

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5 relation types

Synonyms

2 entries

out of work unemployed

derived

2 entries

joblessly joblessness

derived from

2 entries

job less

related to

2 entries

employment job

similar

1 entries

unemployed

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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Having idled jobless for a while I wavered. I'd rushed into handing in my notice but maybe I should have endured it and kept going...

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The number of jobless is at an all time high.

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The jobless became desperate for work – any work that would help them to support their families.

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The jobless rate in Japan was 3.4 percent in September 2015.

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