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.

joblessness job'less·ness n.

adjective

Out of work: unemployed, workless. See work/play.

adj

Definition: unemployed
Antonyms: employed, working

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: not having a job
  Synonyms: idle, out of work

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - arbejdsløs, uden arbejde
n. - arbejdsløs

Nederlands (Dutch)
werkloos, de werkelozen

Français (French)
adj. - sans emploi, sans travail/en chômage
n. - les chômeurs, les sans-emploi

Deutsch (German)
adj. - arbeitslos, beschäftigungslos
n. - Arbeitsloser

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - άνεργος

Italiano (Italian)
disoccupato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - desempregado

Русский (Russian)
безработный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - sin trabajo, desempleado, desocupado
n. - desempleado, persona sin trabajo, persona sin ocupación, desocupado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - arbetslös

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
失业的, 失业者的, 失业者

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 失業的, 失業者的
n. - 失業者

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 일이 없는 , 실직 중인
n. - 실직한 사람들

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 仕事のない, 失業中の, 失業者のための
n. - 失業者

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) عاطل, بدون عمل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מובטל, מחוסר עבודה‬
n. - ‮מובטל‬

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