without a job although able to work:
How long have you been unemployed? * an unemployed builder / teacher * an increase in the number of people registered as unemployed
the unemployed noun [pl.]:
a programme to get the long-term unemployed back to work * I've joined the ranks of the unemployed (= I've lost my job).
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is unemployed a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, unemployed is tagged as adjective.
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