JOBLESS Synonyms: 7 Similar and Opposite Words

jobless

adjective

ˈjäb-ləs

Definition of jobless

as in unemployed

having no job having been jobless for six months, he was starting to get seriously discouraged

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Recent Examples of jobless Joe Raedle | Getty Images Employers continue to hold onto workers even as hiring remains weak, sending weekly jobless claims to around their lowest levels in records that stretch back nearly six decades. — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026 Initial jobless claims for the week ending October 10 ticked up by 1,000 to 199,000 from the week before, the Labor Department said Thursday. — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026 Initial jobless claims have remained muted, while continuing claims for benefits are at their lowest level in more than three years, new data showed Thursday. — Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026 The Labor Department reported Thursday that jobless claims slid to 196,000, the fewest since mid-July and down from 206,000 the week before. — Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for jobless

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unemployed

Adjective

The movement was formed in May 2026 to protest the government’s cancellation of medical school entrance exams and after India’s Chief Justice Surya Kant likened unemployed youth to cockroaches.

— Amrita Basu, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2026
Mainly because Larry was now unemployed and only had enough saved up for nine more months.

— Blake J. Harris, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2026

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