unemployed Syllabification: (un·em·ployed)Pronunciation: /ˌənimˈploid/Translate unemployed | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of unemployed adjective (of a person) without a paid job but available to work:I was unemployed for three years (as plural noun the unemployed)a training program for the long-term unemployed (of a thing) not in use. unemployed in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of unemployed in the British & World English dictionary