jobless

English

Etymology

From job +‎ -less.

Adjective

jobless (not comparable)

1. Lacking employment.

   a jobless man

   The government announced a new initiative to help the jobless.

   • 2010 August 20, Blake Ellis, “Unemployment rates rise in 14 states”, in CNN Money‎^[1]:

     The report was slightly gloomier than in June, when unemployment rates eased in more than half of all U.S. states for a third straight month and only five states reported jobless rate increases.

2. (slang) Having too much time on one's hands; having nothing better to do.

   ― I’m showing him our texts with her, the liar.
   ― Bro, that is so jobless!

Synonyms

• unemployed

Derived terms

• joblessly
• joblessness

Translations

lacking employment — see unemployed