UNEMPLOYED in a Sentence

Learn UNEMPLOYED from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
74 example sentences for UNEMPLOYED, such as:
1. My father was an unemployed labourer.
2. If you are unemployed you can claim social security.
3. This workshop helps young unemployed people in Grimsby.
4. Being unemployed entitles you to free medical treatment.
5. Worry and lack of money cramp the lives of the unemployed.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of UNEMPLOYED
unemployed
 n.  people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group)
 a.  not engaged in a gainful occupation
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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1  A new training scheme to help the long-term unemployed is expected.
2  The training centre provides special help for the long-term unemployed.
3  Being unemployed entitles you to free medical treatment.
4  The cut in benefits for the unemployed is a classic case of blaming the victim.
5  The unemployed worker was down to his last penny when at last he found a job.
6  Worry and lack of money cramp the lives of the unemployed.
7  The unemployment trap exists when an unemployed person on benefit would be worse off in a low-paid job.
8  This workshop helps young unemployed people in Grimsby.
9  If you are unemployed you can claim social security.
10  He graduated with a good degree, only to join the ranks of the unemployed.
11  The unemployed engineer wrote a dozen applications for jobs but got nothing.
12  There has been an appreciable drop in the number of unemployed since the new government came to power.
13  There is an element of compulsion in the new scheme for the unemployed.
14  My father was an unemployed labourer.
15  The government has only made a token gesture towards helping the unemployed.