1. people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group); - Example: "the long-term unemployed need assistance" [syn: unemployed people, unemployed]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
unemployed people
n 1: people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a
group); "the long-term unemployed need assistance" [syn:
unemployed people, unemployed]