1. (adj)unemployed people, unemployed people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group) Synonyms: unemployed, unemployed people Antonyms: employed, working(a), engaged, hired, on the job(p)
2. (adj)unemployed not engaged in a gainful occupation Antonyms: on the job(p), hired, employed, engaged, working(a)
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'unemployed'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. unemployed Idle in all uses rests upon its root meaning, as derived from the Anglo-Saxon idel, which signifies vain, empty, useless. Idle thus denotes not primarily the absence of action, but vain action- Synonyms: idle, inactive, inert, slothful, trifling, unoccupied, indolent, lazy, sluggish, unemployed, vacant Antonyms: active, busy, diligent, employed, industrious, occupied, working
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