How to Use the unemployed in a Sentence

the unemployed

noun
  • The increase is a sign that the unemployed are taking longer to find new work.
    — Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2025
  • And 45% of the unemployed in our survey have been out of work for more than two years.
    — Mona Mourshed, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Some argue that the unemployed should have done a better job saving up for their tax bill.
    — Author: Heather Long, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Mar. 2021
  • Further, the unemployed are twice as likely to be lonely than those not seeking work.
    — Alexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Another common myth is that the unemployed or those who do not want to work go into coaching.
    — Svetlana Khachiyan, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Rao essays the role of the unemployed boy who takes some wrong turns to ensure a government job and get married.
    — Sweta Kaushal, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
  • In February, 31% of the unemployed took 15 weeks or more to get a job.
    — Mitchell Schnurman, Dallas News, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Being a job counselor, helping the unemployed find work, was a profession, even a calling.
    — Michael Bernick, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • And when the benefit expired in August, the unemployed returned to work in large numbers.
    — WSJ, 17 Dec. 2020
  • College graduates also make up a record share of the unemployed, per the Dallas Fed.
    — Jake Angelo, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Temple visits are up by 310% as the unemployed youth in China seek solace through prayers.
    — Fox News, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Stores like this are frequented by the unemployed, adults with young children, the elderly, teenagers, the lonely, the homeless.
    — Kate Briggs, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Americans with a bachelor’s degree account for a quarter of the unemployed, a record.
    — Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Governments should not offer training only to the unemployed.
    — Fred Hu, Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2017
  • Job counselor as a trust to assist the unemployed, as EDD’s Al Dave used to say.
    — Michael Bernick, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • Officials have also promised to help the unemployed and distribute holiday subsidies to the needy.
    — Vivian Wang, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Deb Martinez and her staff at Mission of Love Charities help house the homeless and find jobs for the unemployed.
    — Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 6 June 2023
  • Friends, colleagues, LinkedIn endorsements, links to newsletters for the unemployed.
    — Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
  • And failing to provide strong and reliable support to workers will have economic consequences that go far beyond the unemployed themselves.
    — Jacob Leibenluft, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2020
  • That leaves the unemployed, gig workers, and those on Medicaid or in small businesses largely unprotected.
    — Madison Chapman, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
  • In the meantime, the unemployed Lemon was also offered some employment options from rapper Rick Ross.
    — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Enlistment offices are working with universities and social service agencies to lure students and the unemployed.
    — Dasha Litvinova, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Mar. 2023
  • But this benefits cliff is here, as most of the unemployed received their final infusion of the extra $600 from the federal government last week.
    — Eli Rosenberg, Washington Post, 31 July 2020
  • Similarly, the rolls of those counted as not in the labor force, a group that includes the unemployed and those not looking for work, jumped by 832,000.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 2 July 2026
  • Denying lawyers for the unemployed and evicted In some counties that have invested in public defender offices, indigent defense has been transformed.
    — Ilana Panich-Linsman, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
  • But if the unemployed aren’t actually able to access benefits—or if those benefits expire too early in the downturn—then people will be less likely to spend and support the economy.
    — Jacob Leibenluft, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2020
  • Colorado ranked 41st slowest for the growth of its labor force, which includes both the employed and the unemployed actively looking for work, according to Gedney.
    — Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Two years of high inflation and rising interest rates meant that the caseworkers were now seeing homeowners and people working two jobs, along with the unemployed and families on benefits.
    — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The pope urged protection for refugees, victims of climate disasters, the unemployed and the exploited, according to the New York Times.
    — Miami Herald, 25 Dec. 2025
  • And the unemployed pass rushers probably aren’t eager to sign until closer to training camp to avoid participating in OTAs.
    — Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 May 2023

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