Synonyms for jobless
- between jobs
- collecting unemployment benefits
- laid off
- on the dole
- out of a job
- out of work
- without employment
- without gainful employment
- workless
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most inactive
adjective. not engaged in action; inert, lazy
- abeyant
- asleep
- blah
- disengaged
- do-nothing
- dormant
- down
- draggy
- dull
- idle
- immobile
- in holding pattern
- indolent
- inoperative
- jobless
- latent
- lax
- lethargic
- limp
- low-key
- mothballed
- motionless
- on hold
- ossified
- out of action
- out of commission
- out of service
- out of work
- passive
- quiescent
- quiet
- sedentary
- slack
- sleepy
- slothful
- slow
- sluggish
- somnolent
- stable
- static
- still
- torpid
- unemployed
- unoccupied
- unused
unemployed
adjective. without a job
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