Synonyms: unemployed, unemployed people
Definition: people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group)
Usage: the long-term unemployed need assistance
Similar words: people
Definition: (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
Usage: old people; there were at least 200 people in the audience
Synonyms: unemployed
Definition: not engaged in a gainful occupation
Usage: unemployed workers marched on the capital
Similar words: discharged, dismissed, pink-slipped, fired, laid-off
Definition: having lost your job
Similar words: jobless, out of work, idle
Definition: not having a job
Usage: idle carpenters; jobless transients; many people in the area were out of work