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unemployed

[uhn-em-ploid] / ˌʌn ɛmˈplɔɪd /


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Jefferson noted job openings are not declining and the ratio of job openings to unemployed workers is steadier.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

There are currently 0.9 job openings for every unemployed person.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

For the latter group, 30% were economically inactive and 14.5% were unemployed.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Students and the unemployed worked as line-sitters; for up to $5 an hour, they’d sit in your car and inch it forward toward the gas pumps.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

I wondered if they were the unemployed men he led.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam