jobless

English

Etymology

From job +‎ -less.

Adjective

jobless (not comparable)

  1. Lacking employment.
    a jobless man
    The government announced a new initiative to help the jobless.
    • 2010 August 20, Blake Ellis, “Unemployment rates rise in 14 states”, in CNN Money‎[1]:
      The report was slightly gloomier than in June, when unemployment rates eased in more than half of all U.S. states for a third straight month and only five states reported jobless rate increases.
  2. (slang) Having too much time on one's hands; having nothing better to do.
    ― I’m showing him our texts with her, the liar.
    ― Bro, that is so jobless!

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