Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having no job.
- adjective Of or relating to those who have no jobs.
- noun Unemployed people considered as a group. Used with the.
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- adjective Lacking
employment .
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- adjective not having a job
Etymologies
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Examples
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I detest the term "jobless recovery" as an oxymoron.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Don Tapscott 2011
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I replied that he should tell that to the millions of young people who are unemployed - to them the term jobless recovery is an oxymoron.
Don Tapscott: The State of the World: 10 Belated Reflections on 2011 Davos Don Tapscott 2011
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But after the last two recessions, the unemployment rate kept climbing for more than a year, giving rise to the term jobless recovery.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: We Could be Facing Another Jobless Recovery 2009
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But after the last two recessions, the unemployment rate kept climbing for more than a year, giving rise to the term jobless recovery.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: We Could be Facing Another Jobless Recovery 2009
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I continue to think that the term jobless recovery should be replaced by productivity-cushioned recession.
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Allowing the term jobless recovery to be used so frequently, speaking of a recovery when unemployment was only getting worse and sandwiching a jobs summit between other events in December also helped send this message.
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The trend has given a new gender-specific meaning to the phrase "jobless recovery" and is further proof the hiring rebound isn't reaching all groups.
The Seattle Times 2011
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I replied that he should tell that to the millions of young people who are unemployed - to them the term jobless recovery is an oxymoron.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Don Tapscott 2011
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Clinton was a centrist, triangulating New Democrat who entered office during a period of lingering joblessness which engendered the term jobless recovery.
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Clinton was a centrist, triangulating New Democrat who entered office during a period of lingering joblessness which engendered the term jobless recovery.
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