jobless

/dʒˈɑbləs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.14 in modern English

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adj

Slang

"a jobless man"
"The government announced a new initiative to help the jobless."
"The report was slightly gloomier than in June, when unemployment rates eased in more than half of all U.S. states for a third straight month and only five states reported jobless rate increases."
"― I’m showing him our texts with her, the liar. ― Bro, that is so jobless!"

Etymology tree English job Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English jobless From job + -less.

joblessly joblessness

Questions

How do you pronounce jobless?

The recorded pronunciation is /dʒˈɑbləs/.

What does jobless mean?

Lacking employment.

Where does jobless come from?

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