unemployed 
people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group) - the long-term unemployed need assistance • Syn: unemployed people • Usage Domain: plural, plural form • Hypernyms: people
not engaged in a gainful occupation (Freq. 2) - unemployed workers marched on the capital • Ant: employed • Similar to: discharged, dismissed, fired, laid-off, pink-slipped, idle, jobless, out of work • See Also: idle
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