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jobless

[ job-lis ]

/ ˈdʒɒb lɪs /

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adjective

without a job.

noting or pertaining to persons without jobs, especially to those who are seeking employment.

noun

(used with a plural verb) unemployed people collectively, especially those who are seeking a job (usually preceded by the).

Origin of jobless

First recorded in 1800–10; job¹ + -less

OTHER WORDS FROM jobless

job·less·ness, noun

Words nearby jobless

jobbing, jobbing printer, jobcentre, jobclub, jobholder, jobless, jobs, steven, jobseeker's allowance, jobsworth, joburg, jocasta

Example sentences from the Web for jobless

Emergency benefits have just expired for some 1.3 million jobless Americans, putting a huge dent in our economy.

Republicans’ Unemployment Shame |Jamelle Bouie |December 28, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
With the help of GM and Ford and jobless claims at a five-year low, the S&P hit a record high of over 1,700 points.

Consumers Push July U.S. Auto Sales Up Sharply |Filipa Ioannou |August 1, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Starting in early 2010, this ceased to be a jobless recovery.

The Phony Food-Stamp Scare |Daniel Gross |July 15, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Business activity revived but reemployment lagged; policymakers confronted what would today be called a “jobless recovery.”

When Big Government Saved America |Mason Williams |June 28, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

One of the biggest factors in breaking out of a jobless streak could be … your teeth?

Bad Teeth, Broken Dreams: Lack of Dental Care Keeps Many Out of Jobs |CNBC |June 13, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Half a thousand jobless workers, armed and reckless, marched toward the docks.

Port O' Gold |Louis John Stellman
Two weeks ago he was down and out, broke, jobless, starving.

The Substitute Prisoner |Max Marcin
The Commission wants unemployment to drop to the point where the number of jobless workers will equal the number of vacant jobs!

The Invisible Government |Dan Smoot
Enroll them in a networking club for the jobless, one of the really good ones.

Makers |Cory Doctorow
Tens of thousands of them milling about, homeless, penniless, jobless.

Land of the Burnt Thigh |Edith Eudora Kohl

British Dictionary definitions for jobless

jobless

/ (ˈdʒɒblɪs) /

adjective

unemployed
(as collective noun; preceded by the)the jobless

Derived forms of jobless

joblessness, noun