"unemployed" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unemployed.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɔɪd Etymology: un- + employed Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|employed}} un- + employed Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} unemployed (not comparable)
  1. Having no job despite being able and willing to work. Tags: not-comparable Translations (having no job): i papunë (Albanian), مُتَبَطِّل (mutabaṭṭil) [masculine] (Arabic), مُتَبَطِّلَة (mutabaṭṭila) [feminine] (Arabic), գործազուրկ (gorcazurk) (Armenian), işsiz (Azerbaijani), беспрацо́ўны (bjespracóŭny) (Belarusian), безрабо́тен (bezrabóten) (Bulgarian), အလုပ်မဲ့ (a.lupmai.) (Burmese), desocupat (Catalan), aturat (Catalan), بێکار (bêkar) (Central Kurdish), 失業的 (Chinese Mandarin), 失业的 (shīyè de) (Chinese Mandarin), nezaměstnaný (Czech), arbejdsløs (Danish), werkloos (Dutch), arbeidsloos (Dutch), töötu (Estonian), työtön (Finnish), au chômage [invariable] (French), inoccupé (French), chômeur (French), უმუშევარი (umuševari) (Georgian), დაუსაქმებელი (dausakmebeli) (Georgian), arbeitslos (German), άνεργος (ánergos) (Greek), बेकार (bekār) (Hindi), बेरोज़गार (berozgār) (Hindi), munkanélküli (Hungarian), atvinnulaus (Icelandic), töötöin (Ingrian), dífhostaithe (Irish), neamhfhostaithe (Irish), disoccupato (Italian), 失業者 (shitsugyōsha) (alt: しつぎょうしゃ) (Japanese), គ្មានការងារធ្វើ (kmiən-kaa ngiə-thvəə) (Khmer), 실업의 (sireobui) (Korean), 실직한 (siljikhan) (Korean), 실업자 (sireopja) (Korean), bezdarbnieks (Latvian), bedarbis (Lithuanian), aarbechtslos (Luxembourgish), невработен (nevraboten) (Macedonian), kore mahi (Maori), d'sempliyé (Norman), bargguheapme (Northern Sami), bargguheapmi (Northern Sami), arbeidsledig (Norwegian Bokmål), arbeidsløs (Norwegian Bokmål), arbeidsledig (Norwegian Nynorsk), arbeidslaus (Norwegian Nynorsk), بیکار (bi-kâr) (Persian), oabeitslooss (Plautdietsch), bezrobotny (Polish), niezatrudniony (Polish), desempregado (Portuguese), șomer (Romanian), безрабо́тный (bezrabótnyj) [masculine] (Russian), неза́нятый (nezánjatyj) (Russian), нерабо́тающий (nerabótajuščij) (Russian), нетрудоустро́енный (netrudoustrójennyj) (Russian), dìomhain (Scottish Gaelic), незапослен [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), nezaposlen [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), nezamestnaný (Slovak), brezposeln (Slovene), desempleado (Spanish), cesante (Spanish), parado [Spain] (Spanish), arbetslös (Swedish), ว่างงาน (wâang-ngaan) (Thai), ལས་མེད (las med) (Tibetan), işsiz (Turkish), безробі́тний (bezrobítnyj) (Ukrainian), ئىشسىز (ishsiz) (Uyghur), thất nghiệp (Vietnamese), nenvobik (Volapük), di-waith (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-unemployed-en-adj-j3afRFIV Disambiguation of 'having no job': 68 32
  2. Having no use, not doing work Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Economics Translations (unemployed, used as a substantive: the unemployed as a group): 失業者 (Chinese Mandarin), 失业者 (shīyèzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), arbejdsløs [common-gender] (Danish), werklozen [feminine, masculine, plural] (Dutch), työttömät (Finnish), les chômeurs [masculine, plural] (French), die Arbeitslosen [plural] (German), άνεργοι (ánergoi) [masculine, plural] (Greek), i disoccupati [masculine, plural] (Italian), 失業者 (shitsugyōsha) (alt: しつぎょうしゃ) (Japanese), 실업자 (sireopja) (Korean), hunga kore mahi (Maori), bezrobotni [plural] (Polish), os desempregados [masculine, plural] (Portuguese), безрабо́тные (bezrabótnyje) [feminine, masculine, plural] (Russian), arbetslös [common-gender] (Swedish), işsizler [plural] (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-unemployed-en-adj-Zsvf4Qw9 Disambiguation of Economics: 9 91 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 32 68 Disambiguation of 'unemployed, used as a substantive: the unemployed as a group': 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: funemployed, laid-off, Withnailesque [rare] Derived forms: shake hands with the unemployed Related terms: unemployment, lay off
Synonyms: jobless, between jobs [euphemistic], employmentally challenged [euphemistic], nonemployed, occupationless, on the wallaby [Australia, slang], on the wallaby track [Australia, slang], out of a job, out of work, resting [euphemistic], unbusied, unemployed, workless

Inflected forms

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          "word": "အလုပ်မဲ့"
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          "lang": "Catalan",
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          "lang": "Catalan",
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          "word": "aturat"
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        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "失業的"
        },
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          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "nezaměstnaný"
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        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "arbejdsløs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "werkloos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "arbeidsloos"
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        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "töötu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "työtön"
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        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "au chômage"
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          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "inoccupé"
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          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "chômeur"
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          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "umuševari",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "უმუშევარი"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "sense": "having no job",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "arbeitslos"
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          "lang": "Greek",
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "bekār",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "बेकार"
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "berozgār",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "बेरोज़गार"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "munkanélküli"
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          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "atvinnulaus"
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          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "töötöin"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "dífhostaithe"
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          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "neamhfhostaithe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "disoccupato"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "alt": "しつぎょうしゃ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shitsugyōsha",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "失業者"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "kmiən-kaa ngiə-thvəə",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "គ្មានការងារធ្វើ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "sireobui",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "실업의"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "siljikhan",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "실직한"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "sireopja",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "실업자"
        },
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          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "bêkar",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "بێکار"
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          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "bezdarbnieks"
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          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "bedarbis"
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        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "aarbechtslos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "nevraboten",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "невработен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "kore mahi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "d'sempliyé"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "se",
          "lang": "Northern Sami",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "bargguheapme"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "se",
          "lang": "Northern Sami",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "bargguheapmi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "arbeidsledig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "arbeidsløs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "arbeidsledig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "arbeidslaus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "bi-kâr",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "بیکار"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "oabeitslooss"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "bezrobotny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "niezatrudniony"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "desempregado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "șomer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bezrabótnyj",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "безрабо́тный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nezánjatyj",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "неза́нятый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nerabótajuščij",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "нерабо́тающий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "netrudoustrójennyj",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "нетрудоустро́енный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "dìomhain"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
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          "word": "незапослен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
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          "word": "nezaposlen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "nezamestnaný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "brezposeln"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "desempleado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "cesante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "tags": [
            "Spain"
          ],
          "word": "parado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "arbetslös"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "wâang-ngaan",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "ว่างงาน"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "las med",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "ལས་མེད"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "işsiz"
        },
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          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "bezrobítnyj",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "безробі́тний"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "ishsiz",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "ئىشسىز"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "thất nghiệp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "nenvobik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "having no job",
          "word": "di-waith"
        }
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            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "_dis1": "19 81",
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          "sense": "unemployed, used as a substantive: the unemployed as a group",
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        {
          "_dis1": "19 81",
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          "roman": "shīyèzhě",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "19 81",
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          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "unemployed, used as a substantive: the unemployed as a group",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "19 81",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "unemployed, used as a substantive: the unemployed as a group",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine",
            "plural"
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          "word": "werklozen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 81",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "unemployed, used as a substantive: the unemployed as a group",
          "word": "työttömät"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 81",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "unemployed, used as a substantive: the unemployed as a group",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "les chômeurs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 81",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "unemployed, used as a substantive: the unemployed as a group",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "die Arbeitslosen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 81",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ánergoi",
          "sense": "unemployed, used as a substantive: the unemployed as a group",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "άνεργοι"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 81",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "unemployed, used as a substantive: the unemployed as a group",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "i disoccupati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 81",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shitsugyōsha",
          "sense": "unemployed, used as a substantive: the unemployed as a group",
          "word": "失業者"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 81",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "sireopja",
          "sense": "unemployed, used as a substantive: the unemployed as a group",
          "word": "실업자"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 81",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "unemployed, used as a substantive: the unemployed as a group",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 81",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "unemployed, used as a substantive: the unemployed as a group",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "bezrobotni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 81",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "unemployed, used as a substantive: the unemployed as a group",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "os desempregados"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 81",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bezrabótnyje",
          "sense": "unemployed, used as a substantive: the unemployed as a group",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "безрабо́тные"
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        {
          "_dis1": "19 81",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "unemployed, used as a substantive: the unemployed as a group",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "19 81",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "unemployed, used as a substantive: the unemployed as a group",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
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      ],
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "jobless"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "euphemistic"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "euphemistic"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:unemployed",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:unemployed",
      "word": "employed"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:unemployed",
      "word": "working"
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    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
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      "word": "shake hands with the unemployed"
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      "name": "prefix"
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      "args": {
        "1": "-"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:unemployed",
      "word": "funemployed"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:unemployed",
      "word": "laid-off"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:unemployed",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
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      "word": "unemployment"
    },
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      "source": "Thesaurus:unemployed",
      "word": "lay off"
    }
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          "text": "The government announced a new initiative to help the unemployed.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
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          "ref": "2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport",
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        }
      ],
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      ],
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd/"
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      "word": "jobless"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:unemployed",
      "tags": [
        "euphemistic"
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    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:unemployed",
      "tags": [
        "euphemistic"
      ],
      "word": "employmentally challenged"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:unemployed",
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    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:unemployed",
      "word": "occupationless"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:unemployed",
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "on the wallaby"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:unemployed",
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "on the wallaby track"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:unemployed",
      "word": "out of a job"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:unemployed",
      "word": "out of work"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:unemployed",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "resting"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:unemployed",
      "word": "unbusied"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:unemployed",
      "word": "unemployed"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:unemployed",
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    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "i papunë"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mutabaṭṭil",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مُتَبَطِّل"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mutabaṭṭila",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مُتَبَطِّلَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "gorcazurk",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "գործազուրկ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "işsiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "bjespracóŭny",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "беспрацо́ўны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bezrabóten",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "безрабо́тен"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "a.lupmai.",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "အလုပ်မဲ့"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "desocupat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "aturat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "失業的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shīyè de",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "失业的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "nezaměstnaný"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "arbejdsløs"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "werkloos"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "arbeidsloos"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "töötu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "työtön"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "tags": [
        "invariable"
      ],
      "word": "au chômage"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "inoccupé"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "chômeur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "umuševari",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "უმუშევარი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "dausakmebeli",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "დაუსაქმებელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "arbeitslos"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ánergos",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "άνεργος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "bekār",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "बेकार"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "berozgār",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "बेरोज़गार"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "munkanélküli"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "atvinnulaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "töötöin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "dífhostaithe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "neamhfhostaithe"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "disoccupato"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しつぎょうしゃ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shitsugyōsha",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "失業者"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kmiən-kaa ngiə-thvəə",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "គ្មានការងារធ្វើ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sireobui",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "실업의"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "siljikhan",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "실직한"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sireopja",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "실업자"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "bêkar",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "بێکار"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "bezdarbnieks"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "bedarbis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "aarbechtslos"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nevraboten",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "невработен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "kore mahi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "d'sempliyé"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "bargguheapme"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "bargguheapmi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "arbeidsledig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "arbeidsløs"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "arbeidsledig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "arbeidslaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bi-kâr",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "بیکار"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "oabeitslooss"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "bezrobotny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "niezatrudniony"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "desempregado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "șomer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bezrabótnyj",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "безрабо́тный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nezánjatyj",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "неза́нятый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nerabótajuščij",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "нерабо́тающий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "netrudoustrójennyj",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "нетрудоустро́енный"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "dìomhain"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "незапослен"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "nezaposlen"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "nezamestnaný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "brezposeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "desempleado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "cesante"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "tags": [
        "Spain"
      ],
      "word": "parado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "arbetslös"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "wâang-ngaan",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "ว่างงาน"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "las med",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "ལས་མེད"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "işsiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bezrobítnyj",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "безробі́тний"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "ishsiz",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "ئىشسىز"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "thất nghiệp"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "nenvobik"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "having no job",
      "word": "di-waith"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "unemployed, used as a substantive: the unemployed as a group",
      "word": "失業者"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shīyèzhě",
      "sense": "unemployed, used as a substantive: the unemployed as a group",
      "word": "失业者"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "unemployed, used as a substantive: the unemployed as a group",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "arbejdsløs"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "unemployed, used as a substantive: the unemployed as a group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "werklozen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "unemployed, used as a substantive: the unemployed as a group",
      "word": "työttömät"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "unemployed, used as a substantive: the unemployed as a group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "les chômeurs"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "unemployed, used as a substantive: the unemployed as a group",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "die Arbeitslosen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ánergoi",
      "sense": "unemployed, used as a substantive: the unemployed as a group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "άνεργοι"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "unemployed, used as a substantive: the unemployed as a group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "i disoccupati"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しつぎょうしゃ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shitsugyōsha",
      "sense": "unemployed, used as a substantive: the unemployed as a group",
      "word": "失業者"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sireopja",
      "sense": "unemployed, used as a substantive: the unemployed as a group",
      "word": "실업자"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "unemployed, used as a substantive: the unemployed as a group",
      "word": "hunga kore mahi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "unemployed, used as a substantive: the unemployed as a group",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "bezrobotni"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "unemployed, used as a substantive: the unemployed as a group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "os desempregados"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bezrabótnyje",
      "sense": "unemployed, used as a substantive: the unemployed as a group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "безрабо́тные"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "unemployed, used as a substantive: the unemployed as a group",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "arbetslös"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "unemployed, used as a substantive: the unemployed as a group",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "işsizler"
    }
  ],
  "word": "unemployed"
}

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