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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Economists also expect Thursday’s ADP private payrolls report to show a softer print for August, and jobless claims data is expected to show a slight uptick.
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Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
The weekly jobless claims report is the highest-frequency federal data that’s the closest proxy for layoff activity.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
Reducing worries of a slowing economy, weekly jobless claims were lower than expected, while a separate report showed corporate profits rebounded in the second quarter.
—Reuters, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2025
Only a decade later, that number shot down dramatically—only 2.1% of the country’s population was jobless.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2025
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Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
The weekly jobless claims report is the highest-frequency federal data that’s the closest proxy for layoff activity.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
Reducing worries of a slowing economy, weekly jobless claims were lower than expected, while a separate report showed corporate profits rebounded in the second quarter.
—Reuters, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2025
Only a decade later, that number shot down dramatically—only 2.1% of the country’s population was jobless.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for jobless
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“Jobless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jobless. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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