jobless (noun)
1jobless — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ without a paid job; unemployed. DERIVATIVES joblessness noun …
2jobless — ▪ I. jobless jobless 2 noun [plural] people without a job considered as a group: • The prospects for the country s jobless are not good. [m0] ▪ II. jobless job‧less 1 [ˈdʒɒbləs ǁ ˈdʒɑːb ] adjective without a job; …
3jobless — job|less [ dʒabləs ] adjective * without a job: UNEMPLOYED: a jobless steelworker a. only before noun relating to people who do not have a job: Canada s jobless rate was 10.3 percent. b. the jobless people who do not have jobs: Many of the rural… …
4jobless */ — UK [ˈdʒɒbləs] / US [ˈdʒɑbləs] adjective mainly journalism without a job a jobless steelworker a) [only before noun] relating to people who do not have a job Canada s jobless rate was 10.3 per cent. b) the jobless people who do not have jobs Many… …
5jobless — /ˈdʒɒbləs/ (say jobluhs) adjective 1. without a job; unemployed. –noun 2. the jobless, unemployed people as a group. –joblessness, noun …
6jobless — adjective Date: 1919 1. having no job 2. of or relating to those having no job < jobless benefits > • joblessness noun …
7jobless — / dʒɒbləs/ plural noun people with no jobs, the unemployed (NOTE: takes a plural verb) ▪▪▪ ‘…the contradiction between the jobless figures and latest economic review’ [Sunday Times] …
8initial jobless claims — UK US noun [plural] ECONOMICS ► the numbers of people who have recently lost their jobs and are requesting financial help from the government for the first time: »The department said initial jobless claims fell again last week for the third week… …
9cold comfort — noun very limited consolation or empathy he told me that time heals all wounds but that was cold comfort to me • Hypernyms: ↑consolation, ↑solace, ↑solacement * * * noun : scant consolation : quite limited sympathy or encouragement * * * slight… …
10joblessness — jobless job‧less 1 [ˈdʒɒbləs ǁ ˈdʒɑːb ] adjective without a job; = UNEMPLOYED: • 1000 jobless workers have still not received their cheques. • Britain s jobless total (= the number of people without a job ) rose to three million. joblessn …
