Willing and able to work, looking for work, and without a job.

Unemployed means that you do not have a job at this time but that you are actively seeking one.

1600, "at leisure, not occupied," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of employ (v.). Meaning "temporarily out of work" is from 1660s. The noun meaning "unemployed [..]

/ˌʌnɪmˈploɪd/ adjective unemployed /ˌʌnɪmˈploɪd/ adjective Learner's definition of UNEMPLOYED : having no job : not employed unemployed workers I'm currently unemployed.

Any person, according to the EU definition, aged 15 to 74 who is (i) without work during the reference week, (ii) currently available for work and (iii) actively seeking work.

The condition in which a resource (especially labor) is NOT actively engaged in a productive activity, but IS actively seeking employment. This general condition forms the conceptual basis for one of [..]

not engaged in a gainful occupation; "unemployed workers marched on the capital" unemployed people: people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group); &amp [..]

Definition Being involuntarily out of work. The government defines unemployed as people who are jobless, looking for jobs, and available for work.

(n) people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group)(adj) not engaged in a gainful occupation

Persons 16 years and over who had no employment during the reference week, were available for work, except for temporary illness, and had made specific efforts to find employment sometime during the 4 [..]

adj. desempleado

between jobs, taking time off

The number of people who, during the reference week (includes the 12th day of the month),

Not currently working and actively seeking employment.

Unemployed persons are those civilians who, during the survey week, have no employment but are available for work, and (1) have engaged in any specific job seeking activity within the past 4 weeks such as registering at a public or private employment office, meeting with prospective employers, checking with friends or relatives, placing or answerin [..]

Unemployed people who are actively looking for work.

The condition in which a resource (especially labor) is NOT actively engaged in a productive activity, but IS actively seeking employment. This general condition forms the conceptual basis for one of [..]

The unemployed are classified into two that is the actively unemployed and inactively unemployed. The actively unemployed include all persons who did not work during the reference week but were availa [..]

Having no job despite being able and willing to work. Having no use, not doing work *en|jobless,(''used only after the noun''), out-of-work

lang=en 1800s=1818 * '''1818''' — . ''''. *: I first became acquainted with him on board a whale vessel; finding that he was unemployed in this city, I easily engaged him to assist in my enterpris [..]