unemployed Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group)
    unemployed people.
    • the long-term unemployed need assistance
  2. adjective not engaged in a gainful occupation
    • unemployed workers marched on the capital

WordNet

Un`em*ployed" adjective
Definitions
  1. Nor employed in manual or other labor; having no regular work.
  2. Not invested or used; as, unemployed capital.

Webster 1913