1
: having no job
2
: of or relating to those having no job
jobless benefits
joblessness
noun
Examples of jobless in a Sentence
having been jobless for six months, he was starting to get seriously discouraged
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Next week also brings key economic reports, including durable goods, consumer confidence, jobless claims, and the producer price index.
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Jeff Marks, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2026
Inflation eased in January, and the jobless rate fell.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026
The four-week moving average of jobless claims, which tempers some of the week-to-week volatility, decreased by 1,000 to 219,000.
—ABC News, 19 Feb. 2026
The bigger problem would be that Americans would hate a world without work, where the jobless rate floats at 30 percent instead of 4 percent.
—Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2026
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Jeff Marks, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2026
Inflation eased in January, and the jobless rate fell.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026
The four-week moving average of jobless claims, which tempers some of the week-to-week volatility, decreased by 1,000 to 219,000.
—ABC News, 19 Feb. 2026
The bigger problem would be that Americans would hate a world without work, where the jobless rate floats at 30 percent instead of 4 percent.
—Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for jobless
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“Jobless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jobless. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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