How to Use unemployed in a Sentence

unemployed

adjective

• For the first time in a year, Ethan Hawke is unemployed.
  — Derek Lawrence, EW.com, 24 Jan. 2022
• At its depths, a third of the city’s workforce was unemployed.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
• 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
• But then one person just got the best deal of their life, and the other person is unemployed.
  — Lila MacLellan, Quartz, 2 Jan. 2022
• 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
• While 13% of the people who made career change left a job and want a new one, 11% of the people who left a job are unemployed by choice.
  — Sean McDonnell, cleveland, 12 Jan. 2022
• 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
• The ratio of job vacancies to unemployed is near a record high.
  — Greg Ip, WSJ, 4 Feb. 2022
• 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
• During the first year of the pandemic, the number of long-term unemployed rose to more than four million.
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2022
• At the same time, the unemployed don’t appear to be having much trouble finding a new gig.
  — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2022
• The growth in spending comes as the number of job openings in the U.S. far exceeds the number of unemployed workers.
  — Suzanne Vranica, WSJ, 8 Mar. 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.
  — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 21 June 2024
• The road ahead is uncertain for the two women, with Kyoko recently unemployed and their only other property about to be rented out by another family.
  — Ashley Vega, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
• Similarly, the textile industry once thrived in the Carolinas but has moved overseas—leaving behind ghost towns and unemployed workers.
  — Matthew Putman, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 28 Feb 2025