between jobs

ADJECTIVE

jobless

Synonyms

WEAK

collecting unemployment benefits laid-off on the dole out of a job out of work without employment without gainful employment workless

ADJECTIVE

out of work

Synonyms

WEAK

collecting unemployment idle jobless laid-off on the dole out of a job unemployed

Antonyms

WEAK

employed

ADJECTIVE

unemployed

Synonyms

STRONGEST

idle inactive jobless underemployed

STRONG

down free loafing

WEAK

at liberty closed-down disengaged fired laid-off leisured on layoff on the bench on the dole on the shelf out of a job out of action out of work resting unapplied unengaged unexercised unoccupied unused without gainful employment workless

Antonyms

STRONGEST

active busy working

WEAK

employed occupied

Example Sentences

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In between jobs, Walker said he spent his time golfing and trying to keep busy around the house and focused on landing a job.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

In October 2022, he says he was walking between jobs when a group of police called him over.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

Chao, a former accounts manager at a real-estate company, described herself as between jobs, but said she wasn’t benefiting financially from Bell.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

ACA, or Obamacare, plans are a critical option for people who are self-employed, contractors or between jobs.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 3, 2025

I spend most of my hour-long break between jobs attempting to remove the edible portions of the slacks with a sponge and then drying them over the hood of my car in the sun.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

between jobs

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