joblessadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈdʒɒbləs/, U.S.

/ˈdʒɑbləs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: job n.², -less suffix.

Etymology: < job n.² + -less suffix.

A. adj.

†1. Free from jobbery. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

a1845 S. Smith Peter Plymley's Lett. & Sel. Ess. (1886) ix. 63 I ask him his opinion of a jobless faith, of a creed which dooms a man..to a lean and plunderless integrity.

2. Having no job; out of work, unemployed.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > lack of work > [adjective] > not working or unemployed

servicelessc1450

unlabouredc1450

masterless1471

unwrought1550

unplaced1558

labourless1576

flag-fallen1609

unlabouring1619

disemployed1651

hireless1651

unengaged1654

unemployed1667

unworking1696

untoiling1748

workless1758

occupationless1822

placeless1828

out of work1833

non-working1841

unhired1852

jobless1862

out of (or in) collar1862

non-employed1876

spare1919

on the beach1923

in dry dock1927

off-the-job1950

on (also upon) the street(s)1980

unwaged1981

1862 G. O. Trevelyan Pope & his Patron ii. 27 What if, when still a curly jobless boy, I made Italian liberties my joy?

1896 New Eng. Mag. Sept. 83/2 A thousand jobless laborers can be set at work in little over a month.

1923 Glasgow Herald 25 Oct. 7 The demand that would ensue for land users would mean jobs for jobless men.

1937 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Oct. 755/2 The later episodes showing the graduates of the college being set free into a jobless world full of depression are not so agreeable.

1958 Economist 1 Nov. 415/1 One-sixth to one-fourth of the labour force has been jobless for several months.

1971 Nature 8 Oct. 369/2 4·4 per cent of the engineers who do not possess a degree of any kind were jobless in the summer.

2004 ‘J. Jameson’ & N. Strauss How to make Love like Porn Star ii. xi. 162 They date industry girls, become their managers, take all their money, and often leave them broke, jobless, prematurely aged wrecks.

B. n.

Usually with the: unemployed people as a class.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > one who does not work > [noun] > collectively

unemployed1782

jobless1913

1913 Fort Wayne (Indiana) News 10 Dec. 1/4 Civil service rules barred him from discriminating in favor of the jobless and against men who worked on the streets.

1933 Sun (Baltimore) 10 Nov. 14/1 It is idle to suggest..that this newest relief scheme will help to tide the jobless over until ‘the spring pick-up begins’.

1970 Times 7 Sept. 16 (headline) Jobless total must go higher says Paish.

1992 J. R. Dominguez & V. Robin Your Money or your Life i. 6 White-collar workers are the fastest-growing category of the jobless.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	jobless
释义	joblessadj.n. Brit. /ˈdʒɒbləs/, U.S. /ˈdʒɑbləs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: job n.², -less suffix. Etymology: < job n.² + -less suffix. A. adj. †1. Free from jobbery. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ a1845 S. Smith Peter Plymley's Lett. & Sel. Ess. (1886) ix. 63 I ask him his opinion of a jobless faith, of a creed which dooms a man..to a lean and plunderless integrity. 2. Having no job; out of work, unemployed. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > lack of work > [adjective] > not working or unemployed servicelessc1450 unlabouredc1450 masterless1471 unwrought1550 unplaced1558 labourless1576 flag-fallen1609 unlabouring1619 disemployed1651 hireless1651 unengaged1654 unemployed1667 unworking1696 untoiling1748 workless1758 occupationless1822 placeless1828 out of work1833 non-working1841 unhired1852 jobless1862 out of (or in) collar1862 non-employed1876 spare1919 on the beach1923 in dry dock1927 off-the-job1950 on (also upon) the street(s)1980 unwaged1981 1862 G. O. Trevelyan Pope & his Patron ii. 27 What if, when still a curly jobless boy, I made Italian liberties my joy? 1896 New Eng. Mag. Sept. 83/2 A thousand jobless laborers can be set at work in little over a month. 1923 Glasgow Herald 25 Oct. 7 The demand that would ensue for land users would mean jobs for jobless men. 1937 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Oct. 755/2 The later episodes showing the graduates of the college being set free into a jobless world full of depression are not so agreeable. 1958 Economist 1 Nov. 415/1 One-sixth to one-fourth of the labour force has been jobless for several months. 1971 Nature 8 Oct. 369/2 4·4 per cent of the engineers who do not possess a degree of any kind were jobless in the summer. 2004 ‘J. Jameson’ & N. Strauss How to make Love like Porn Star ii. xi. 162 They date industry girls, become their managers, take all their money, and often leave them broke, jobless, prematurely aged wrecks. B. n. Usually with the: unemployed people as a class. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > one who does not work > [noun] > collectively unemployed1782 jobless1913 1913 Fort Wayne (Indiana) News 10 Dec. 1/4 Civil service rules barred him from discriminating in favor of the jobless and against men who worked on the streets. 1933 Sun (Baltimore) 10 Nov. 14/1 It is idle to suggest..that this newest relief scheme will help to tide the jobless over until ‘the spring pick-up begins’. 1970 Times 7 Sept. 16 (headline) Jobless total must go higher says Paish. 1992 J. R. Dominguez & V. Robin Your Money or your Life i. 6 White-collar workers are the fastest-growing category of the jobless. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.a1845
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