the unemployed
noun
: people who have no jobs
Many of the city's unemployed are former factory workers.
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The unemployment rate slipped to 4.1% from 4.2% in May as the ranks of the unemployed fell by 222,000.
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arkansasonline.com, 4 July 2025
The difficulty many of the unemployed are having in finding work can be seen in the number of people continuing to claim unemployment aid, which rose 37,000 to 1.97 million for the week ending June 14.
—Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
Governments should not offer training only to the unemployed.
—Fred Hu, Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2017
And failing to provide strong and reliable support to workers will have economic consequences that go far beyond the unemployed themselves.
—Jacob Leibenluft, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2020
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arkansasonline.com, 4 July 2025
The difficulty many of the unemployed are having in finding work can be seen in the number of people continuing to claim unemployment aid, which rose 37,000 to 1.97 million for the week ending June 14.
—Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
Governments should not offer training only to the unemployed.
—Fred Hu, Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2017
And failing to provide strong and reliable support to workers will have economic consequences that go far beyond the unemployed themselves.
—Jacob Leibenluft, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2020
See All Example Sentences for the unemployed
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“The unemployed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20unemployed. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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