unemployed

un·em·ployed  (nm-ploid, -m-)

adj.

1. Out of work, especially involuntarily; jobless.

2. Not being used; idle.

n. (used with a pl. verb)

People who are involuntarily out of work considered as a group. Used with the.

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unemployed

Adjective

1. without paid employment; out of work

2. not being used; idle

Noun, pl

people who are out of work: the long-term unemployed

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	unemployed - people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group); "the long-term unemployed need assistance" unemployed people plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"
Adj.	1.	unemployed - not engaged in a gainful occupation; "unemployed workers marched on the capital" idle - not in action or at work; "an idle laborer"; "idle drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind" employed - having your services engaged for; or having a job especially one that pays wages or a salary; "most of our graduates are employed"

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unemployed

adjective out of work, redundant, laid off, jobless, idle, on the dole Brit. (informal) out of a job, workless, resting (of an actor) << OPPOSITE working

Translations

unemployed [ʌnɪmˈplɔɪd] adj → parado, sin trabajo

n the unemployed → los parados

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unemployed [ʌnɪmˈplɔɪd] adj → sans travail, au chômage

n the unemployed → les chômeurs mpl

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unemployed [ʌnɪmˈplɔɪd] adj → arbeitslos

npl the unemployed → die Arbeitslosen pl

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unemployed [ʌnɪmˈplɔɪd] adj → disoccupato/a

npl the unemployed → i disoccupati