1
: having no job
2
: of or relating to those having no job
jobless benefits
joblessness
noun
Examples of jobless in a Sentence
having been jobless for six months, he was starting to get seriously discouraged
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Thursday will feature the release of the weekly initial jobless claims data, and along with that, the latest figures on existing home sales will be posted.
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Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 15 Dec. 2024
This week’s report also showed that continuing claims, the total number of Americans collecting jobless benefits, rose by 15,000 to 1.89 million for the week of Nov. 30.
—Matt Ott, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits unexpectedly rose last week and more people continued to collect unemployment checks at the end of November relative to the beginning of the year as demand for labor cools.
—Lucia Mutikani, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
Surprising Fact November was the sixth straight month of over 4% unemployment, with the jobless rate sticking above that threshold after spending February 2022 to April 2024 below 4%, when unemployment touched a five-decade low.
—Derek Saul, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 15 Dec. 2024
This week’s report also showed that continuing claims, the total number of Americans collecting jobless benefits, rose by 15,000 to 1.89 million for the week of Nov. 30.
—Matt Ott, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits unexpectedly rose last week and more people continued to collect unemployment checks at the end of November relative to the beginning of the year as demand for labor cools.
—Lucia Mutikani, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
Surprising Fact November was the sixth straight month of over 4% unemployment, with the jobless rate sticking above that threshold after spending February 2022 to April 2024 below 4%, when unemployment touched a five-decade low.
—Derek Saul, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Jobless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jobless. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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