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job·less  (jbls)
adj.
1. Having no job.
2. Of or relating to those who have no jobs.
n. (used with a pl. verb)
Unemployed people considered as a group. Used with the.

jobless·ness n.

jobless
Adjective
unemployed
Noun, pl
people who are unemployed: the young jobless
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.jobless - not having a job; "idle carpenters"; "jobless transients"; "many people in the area were out of work"
unemployed - not engaged in a gainful occupation; "unemployed workers marched on the capital"

jobless
adjective unemployed, redundant, out of work, on the dole Brit. (informal) inactive, out of a job, unoccupied, idle
Translations
Spanish jobless [ˈdʒɔblɪs] adjsin trabajo
n the jobless → los parados

French jobless [ˈdʒɔblɪs] job adjsans travail, au chômage
npl the jobless → les sans-emploi m inv, les chômeurs mpl

German jobless [ˈdʒɔblɪs] job adjarbeitslos
npl the jobless → die Arbeitslosen pl

Italian jobless [ˈdʒɔblɪs] adjsenza lavoro, disoccupato/a
npl the jobless → i senza lavoro

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The Labor Department reported that applications for jobless benefits totaled 332,000 last week, down by 27,000 from the previous week.
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Congress voted in 2002 to give jobless workers an additional 13 weeks of unemployment compensation.
 
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