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"the long-term unemployed need assistance"nounpeople who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group)
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"unemployed workers marched on the capital"adjectivenot engaged in a gainful occupationOpposite:
Definition that contains unemployed
- unemployment the state of being unemployed or not having a job
- giro a check given by the British government to someone who is unemployed; it can be cashed either at a bank or at the post office
- unemployment compensation payment by a United States agency to unemployed people
- employment agency an agency that finds people to fill particular jobs or finds jobs for unemployed people
- hunger marcher an unemployed person who participates in a hunger march
- unemployment rate the percentage of the work force that is unemployed at any given date
- employment office an agency that finds people to fill particular jobs or finds jobs for unemployed people
- national insurance social insurance program in Britain; based on contributions from employers and employees; provides payments to unemployed and sick and retired people as well as medical services
- giro cheque a check given by the British government to someone who is unemployed; it can be cashed either at a bank or at the post office
- social insurance government provision for unemployed, injured, or aged people; financed by contributions from employers and employees as well as by government revenue