unemployed
UK/.ʌnim'plɒid/US
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Definitions
adj.
Without a paid job
失业的，没有工作的
n.
(the unemployed) People without jobs, as a group
（the unemployed）失业者（总称）
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedun- (not) + employed = not "folded into" work. Used as an adjective (an unemployed graduate) and, with the, as a plural noun for the group (the unemployed). See employ.
Root plic still carries 55 more wordsExample Sentences
- 1.
He has been unemployed since the factory closed.
- 2.
The government promised more help for the unemployed.