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unemployed

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unemployed
adjective
he lost his job in February and is still unemployed:
jobless, out of work, out of a job, not working, between jobs, workless, unwaged, unoccupied, idle;
laid off, sacked, dismissed;
on benefit;
British redundant, signing on;
North American on welfare, collecting unemployment;
British, informal on the dole;
British, euphemistic resting;
Australian, New Zealand, informal on the wallaby track.
antonyms employed, in work.
unemployed Oxford Dictionary of English