Unemployed
Definition:
Unemployed refers to an individual who is actively searching for employment, but unable to find work.
A high rate of unemployment is a signal for economic distress; some governments offer unemployed individuals support with an unemployment insurance or offer free training to develop new skills in order become employable.
Part of speech:
adjective
Synonyms:
jobless
out of work
out of a job
not working
between jobs
workless
unwaged
unoccupied
idle
Use in a sentence:
I was unemployed for three years
