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unemployed

[uhn-em-ploid] / ˌʌn ɛmˈplɔɪd /


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A single unemployed parent with two children can get $1,189 a month in additional cash payments.

From The Wall Street Journal

“My name is George. I’m unemployed and live with my parents.”

From Barron's

Continuing claims, a measure of the size of the unemployed population, decreased in the week through Dec. 20, to 1.87 million from 1.91 million a week earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal

According to the preliminary monthly run of the Chicago Fed’s labor-market model, employment fundamentals like the hiring rate for unemployed workers and the rates of layoffs and quits were likely little changed this month.

From The Wall Street Journal

Nearly a quarter of unemployed people have been without a job for at least 27 weeks.

From The Wall Street Journal