(transitive) To cause someone to become unemployed.

Having no job despite being able and willing to work. / Having no use, not doing work

plural of unemployed

present participle of unemploy

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unemploy

(euphemistic slang, of men) To urinate. / (euphemistic slang, of men) To masturbate.

The state of having no job; joblessness. / The phenomenon of joblessness in an economy. / The level of joblessness in an economy, often measured as a percentage of the workforce.

Insurance against loss of earnings during the time that an able-bodied worker is involuntarily unemployed.

Unemployment caused by technological advances. This includes machines and software substituting for human labor, advances in efficiency negating the need for friction-based jobs, and increased data availability undermining professions that rely on information asymmetry.

(often in the plural) Money paid by the government, special-purpose fund or similar to those who are unemployed and looking for work.