unemployed
Example Sentences
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The longer you stay unemployed, the harder it is to find work.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
There were more unemployed young men than young women - 257,000 compared with 143,000.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
The higher levy made it more expensive for employers to fund entry-level jobs, a real problem with more than 16% of Brits ages 16 to 24 now unemployed.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
Continuing claims, which scale with the total size of the unemployed population, was 1.78 million in the week through May 9, versus a revised 1.78 million a week earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
There seemed to be plenty of unemployed nonunion carpenters willing to step in for the absent strikers.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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