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jobless

adj

Etymology

From job + -less.

  1. derived from choppe — “piece, bargain”
  2. derived from jobben — “to jab, thrust, peck”
  3. inherited from gobbe — “mass, lump”
  4. formed as jobless — “job + -less”

Definitions

  1. Lacking employment.

    • a jobless man
    • The government announced a new initiative to help the jobless.
    • The report was slightly gloomier than in June, when unemployment rates eased in more than half of all U.S. states for a third straight month and only five states reported jobless rate increases.

  2. Having too much time on one's hands

    Having too much time on one's hands; having nothing better to do.

    • ― I’m showing him our texts with her, the liar. ― Bro, that is so jobless!

The neighborhood

Derived

joblessly, joblessness

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for jobless. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA