unemployed

Words with a similar base: unemployed, unemployed_people

'unemployed'

[unemployed_people.n.01] as in: people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group)

Examples:
the long-term unemployed need assistance

'unemployed'

[unemployed.a.01] as in: not engaged in a gainful occupation

Examples:
unemployed workers marched on the capital

Origins

					unemployed (English)
├── employed (English)
└── un- (English)
    ├── on- (Middle English (1100-1500))
    │   ├── on- (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
    │   └── ond- (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
    ├── un- (Middle English (1100-1500))
    │   └── un- (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
    └── unus (Latin)
        └── oinos (Latin)

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