Unemployed

Unemployed - (adjective)

Definition

An unemployed is an individual of working age who meets three conditions simultaneously :

• being without employment, meaning having not worked for at least one hour during the reference week ;
• being available to take up employment within two weeks ;
• having actively looked for a job in the previous month or having found one starting within the next three months.

Extra

Source: definition adopted in 1982 by the International Labour Organisation (ILO)
Example of Use: He/she/they has been unemployed since he/she/they was made redundant last year.