What is the meaning of unemployed?

noun

  • People who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group. )
    • usage: "the long-term unemployed need assistance"

adjective

  • Not engaged in a gainful occupation.
    • usage: "unemployed workers marched on the capital"
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