Definition of "unemployed" []

• Out of work, especially involuntarily; jobless. (adjective)
• Not being used; idle. (adjective)
• People who are involuntarily out of work considered as a group. Used with the. (noun)

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• "He thinks the best way to help the long-term unemployed is to allow private citizens to invest in local companies that can create more jobs."
• "Building on the current public system for the short term unemployed, a fully scaled, market-driven long term unemployment system would, at minimal cost to taxpayers, provide workers with a new tool to prepare for episodes of prolonged joblessness."
• "My proposal of personal responsibility for the unemployed is absolutely Republican-compatible, and it once was compatible with Democratic thinking."