Collocations for "unemployed"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "unemployed" in context.
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unemployed
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- unemployed [adults, people, youth, individuals, graduates, engineers, teachers]
- [temporarily, seasonally] unemployed
- has been unemployed [for, since]
- has become unemployed [following, due to, because of]
- has left [fifty, one hundred] (workers) unemployed
- have been unemployed for [six months]
- at risk of [becoming, being] unemployed
- in danger of [becoming] unemployed
- unemployed and [getting, receiving] benefits
- [help, benefits, programs, initiatives, courses, training] for the unemployed
- [benefiting, assisting] the unemployed
'unemployed' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):