Meanings
- not comparableLacking employment.
a jobless man
3 more examples
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.
2010 August 20, Blake Ellis, “Unemployment rates rise in 14 states”, in CNN Money, archived from the original on 04 Oct 2024I am jobless; my consulting contract with Martha has ended.
2011, Margaret Roach, “And Away We Go (At Last)”, in And I Shall Have Some Peace There […], New York, N.Y.: Grand Central Publishing, →ISBN, page 101 - not comparableslangHaving too much time on one's hands; having nothing better to do.
― I’m showing him our texts with her, the liar. ― Bro, that is so jobless!
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenot having a job
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishjob
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
- Proto-Germanic*leusaną
- Proto-Germanic*lausaz
- Englishjobless
Cite this entry
jobless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jobless
“jobless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jobless. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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