How to Use unemployed in a Sentence

unemployed

adjective

• All of them have been unemployed the last six months, Ataya said.
  — Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 10 Apr. 2024
• Inara is unemployed, and the couple doesn’t have a lot of money.
  — Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 20 June 2023
• So, changes in two variables — the number of unemployed and the size of the labor force — can move it up or down.
  — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2024
• And yet the stigma faced by the long-term unemployed is powerful.
  — Nick Romeo, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2022
• The number of people who have been unemployed for 15 weeks or more is up by about 20% since then, as well.
  — Rob Wile, NBC News, 1 Nov. 2024
• This is in stark contrast to a record low in unemployed Black workers less than five months ago.
  — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 13 July 2023
• The neighbor is 41, unemployed and spends all of his time smoking pot and playing video games.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 29 Apr. 2022
• She was also laid off last year and has been unemployed for almost a year.
  — R29 Team, refinery29.com, 11 Sep. 2024
• Of course, victims who are unemployed or self-employed are out of luck.
  — Sacramento Bee, 11 July 2024
• Many crafts workers have been unemployed since the strikes last year, if not before, and can’t afford to be out of work for longer.
  — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 17 July 2024
• At the same time, the unemployed don’t appear to be having much trouble finding a new gig.
  — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2022
• At the same time, the number of unemployed people dropped from ten million to six million.
  — Bill Conerly, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
• One in three working-aged South Africans are unemployed — the highest jobless rate in the world among countries tracked by the World Bank.
  — Douglas MacMillan, Washington Post, 11 July 2022
• Ryan, 27 and unemployed, was armed with a Chinese copy of an AK-47 and a variety of other guns.
  — Morgan Coates, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2023
• Sixty-five per cent of people in Gaza live in poverty, and around half are unemployed.
  — Rozina Ali, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2023
• And with more than 21 percent of young people unemployed, the prospect of social unrest looms.
  — David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2023
• But with the port's closure, Buttigieg has warned that many longshore workers could be unemployed.
  — Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2024
• But for the most part, the performer — beloved by D.C. audiences for his sly wit, playful charm and vibrant vocals — joined the ranks of the unemployed.
  — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2022
• The unemployed would be put to work in slum clearance, road building and other public works projects.
  — Michael Bernick, Forbes, 19 July 2022
• The questions range from whether a person’s abuser has ever used a weapon against them, to whether the abuser is unemployed.
  — Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2022
• Now, at twenty, Margo is alone with an infant, unemployed, and on the verge of eviction.
  — Denise Petski, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2024
• Now, at twenty, Margo is alone with an infant, unemployed, and on the verge of eviction.
  — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 21 June 2024
• Her other son, two years younger than Vadym, is unemployed and troubled.
  — Cara Anna and Rodrigo Abd, chicagotribune.com, 16 Apr. 2022
• An unemployed man in Dakar receives a money order from his nephew in Paris.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2023
• To count as unemployed, people must be looking for work.
  — Mike Gousha and John D. Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 30 June 2022
• Some are retired, some are unemployed and many have families of their own.
  — Diane Jeantet, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2024
• During the strikes, nearly half the workforce was unemployed.
  — Jennie Punter, Variety, 16 May 2024
• Tens of thousands of Palestinians who work for the agency could soon be unemployed.
  — Mick Krever, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
• So, there was no need to mention each newcomer is in his mid-30s and unemployed before the Dolphins called.
  — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
• But since nearly every house had someone who was unemployed, a fight erupted over who would get the two slots.
  — Lynsey Chutel Gulshan Khan, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024