jobless
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++job·less /ˈdʒɒbləs $ ˈdʒɑːb-/ adjective 1. BEwithout a job 无业的 失业的 SYN unemployed► see thesaurus at unemployed2. the jobless [plural] people who are jobless 失业者Examples from the Corpus
jobless• The factory closure will leave 3,000 workers jobless.• It would have meant seven hundred vacancies and work for the jobless.• The jobless rate a month ago was 8. 6 percent.• The jobless rate dropped to 8. 1 percent, the lowest in five years, the Bureau of Statistics today reported.• When he left office, the jobless rate was a record 12 percent.• the jobless rate• Young women, fine; and no doubt plenty, in these jobless times, would volunteer.• The bill would allow the jobless to collect 4 to 20 weeks of additional benefits.• The Liberal Democrats have stated they would cut the national jobless total by 400,000 within a year.• Both Labour and the Liberal Democrats agree that radical measures are needed to stem the growing jobless total.• jobless workers• Jobless youths are a major cause of concern.From Longman Business Dictionaryjoblessjob‧less1 /ˈdʒɒbləsˈdʒɑːb-/ adjective without a jobSYN UNEMPLOYED1000 jobless workers have still not received their cheques.Britain’s jobless total (=the number of people without a job) rose to three million. —joblessness noun [uncountable]Joblessness is steadily rising.joblessjobless2 noun [plural] people without a job considered as a groupThe prospects for the country’s jobless are not good.job·less adjectiveChineseSyllable
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jobless
job‧less /ˈdʒɒbləs $ ˈdʒɑːb-/
adjective1. without a job
SYN unemployed
2. the jobless [plural] people who are jobless
▪ unemployed someone who is unemployed does not have a job: Fifty per cent of the men in this town are unemployed.
▪out of work unemployed, especially for a long period of time, when you had a job before: I’ve been out of work for two years.
▪redundant British English if someone is redundant, they have been told that they no longer have a job: He was made redundant earlier this year. | redundant miners
▪be on the dole British English, be on welfare/on unemployment American English to be receiving money from the government because you do not have a job: I didn’t want to go back on the dole. | Many people on welfare don’t have anyone to take care of the kids while they train for a job.
▪be looking for work if someone is looking for work, they do not have a job and are trying to find one: How long have you been looking for work?
▪jobless people who are jobless do not have jobs – used especially in news reports: The jobless totals have risen by 6% in the last year. | jobless youths
job‧less /ˈdʒɒbləs $ ˈdʒɑːb-/
adjective1. without a job SYN unemployed
2. the jobless [plural] people who are jobless
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