job ‧ less /ˈdʒɒbləs $ ˈdʒɑːb-/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ job , jobless; adjective : ↑ jobless ]
1 . without a job SYN unemployed
2 . the jobless [plural] people who are jobless
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THESAURUS
▪ unemployed someone who is unemployed does not have a job:
Fifty per cent of the men in this town are unemployed.
▪ out of work unemployed, especially for a long period of time, when you had a job before:
I’ve been out of work for two years.
▪ redundant British English if someone is redundant, they have been told that they no longer have a job:
He was made redundant earlier this year.
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redundant miners
▪ be on the dole British English , be on welfare/on unemployment American English to be receiving money from the government because you do not have a job:
I didn’t want to go back on the dole.
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Many people on welfare don’t have anyone to take care of the kids while they train for a job.
▪ be looking for work if someone is looking for work, they do not have a job and are trying to find one:
How long have you been looking for work?
▪ jobless people who are jobless do not have jobs – used especially in news reports:
The jobless totals have risen by 6% in the last year.
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jobless youths