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# jobless

«jobless» in Mova's school dictionary: **Without a paid job; unemployed** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (jobless); noun (the jobless — people without jobs)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Without a paid job; unemployed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jobless/#m1)

2) (the jobless) People who do not have jobs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jobless/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In news and economics lessons «jobless» appears in headlines (jobless figures, jobless rate). In stories about families it shows money worries and hard times; children learn that losing a job is not a person's fault and that help exists. Phrases: jobless rate, jobless figures, left jobless.

### examples

- Many people were left jobless when the factory closed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jobless/#x1)
- The jobless rate went down this year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jobless/#x2)
- Dad was jobless for three months, then found new work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jobless/#x3)
- The charity helps the jobless find training. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jobless/#x4)
- The news said the number of jobless people had risen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jobless/#x5)
- Being jobless can be very stressful for a family. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jobless/#x6)
- She was jobless but used the time to learn new skills. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jobless/#x7)

### note

«Jobless» is a news word; in everyday talk people say «out of work» or «unemployed». «The jobless» takes a plural verb: «The jobless need help». Related: unemployment.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «jobless» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jobless/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.