UNEMPLOYED in a Sentence

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74 example sentences for UNEMPLOYED, such as:

1. She's taken up with an unemployed actor.
2. The government has cut unemployment benefit.
3. They will be entitled to receive unemployment benefit.
4. The party's policies were popular among the unemployed.
5. Then he went out and took his place with the mob of the unemployed.

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 Meanings and Examples of UNEMPLOYED
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
unemployed
 a.  jobless; idle; out of work
Classic Sentence:
1  Then he went out and took his place with the mob of the unemployed.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12
2  A full half of these were "fakes," put in by the endless variety of establishments which preyed upon the helpless ignorance of the unemployed.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20
3  So Jurgis trudged four or five miles, and passed through a waiting throng of unemployed at the gate under the escort of his friend.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20
4  Just about this time one of the Chicago newspapers, which made much of the "common people," opened a "free-soup kitchen" for the benefit of the unemployed.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 27
5  I first became acquainted with him on board a whale vessel; finding that he was unemployed in this city, I easily engaged him to assist in my enterprise.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Letter 2
6  When the latter was unemployed, he sometimes walked with us to show us the boats and ships, and once or twice he took us for a row.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3. I HAVE A CHANGE
7  No doubt in that perfect world there had been no unemployed problem, no social question left unsolved.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In X
8  Among these unemployed there are bores, the bored, dreamers, and some knaves.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER XII—M. BAMATABOIS'S INACTIVITY
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16  The party's policies were popular among the unemployed.
17  One of the greatest opportunities for the out-of-school unemployed youth will always be found in apprentice programs.
18  The metric is percent of total unemployed that are unemployed for longer than 1 year.
19  To the unemployed youth from Dublin, the "No Irish Need Apply" placard in the shop window was a blatant mark of prejudice.
20  She's taken up with an unemployed actor.
21  Rising unemployment is posing serious problems for the administration.
22  Although unemployment rose last month, this is unlikely to dampen down wage demands.
23  The traditional approach has tended to regard unemployment and inflation as being inversely related.
24  It's no longer possible to argue that crime is unconnected with unemployment.
25  The shakeout in the labour market after Christmas usually makes January a bad month for unemployment.
26  The government has cut unemployment benefit.
27  The number of people claiming unemployment benefit has risen sharply this month.
28  The recession has resulted in an unavoidable increase in spending on unemployment benefit.
29  They will be entitled to receive unemployment benefit.
30  The country is an economic basket case with chronic unemployment and rampant crime.