word-vault/dist/data/cards/un/unemployed.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "unemployed",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "without a job although able to work",
            "labels": "(British English)(British English)(British English)(especially British English)(Australian English, New Zealand English, South African English)(British English)(both British English)(British English, informal)(British English, informal)(North American English)(North American English)(North American English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "How long have you been unemployed?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "unemployed workers/people"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've been unemployed for 5 months."
                },
                {
                    "text": "training for unemployed youth"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an unemployed miner/labourer/builder"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an increase in the number of people registered as unemployed"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Thousands of labourers became unemployed with no alternative employment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "As I was voluntarily unemployed, I wasn't entitled to benefit."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The closure of the factory left hundreds of men unemployed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "1 million women were registered unemployed, compared with 2.3 million men."
                },
                {
                    "text": "unemployed graduates"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "jobless",
            "topics": ["Social issues"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "be counted as", "be registered (as)"],
                "adverb": ["currently", "newly", "still"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd/",
                "audio": "un/unemployed/unemployed__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd/",
                "audio": "un/unemployed/unemployed__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}