The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word IDLE which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2019.
Unemployed crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| IDLE | 77 % | 4 |
| OTIOSE | 10 % | 6 |
| JOBLESS | 6 % | 7 |
| OBSOLETE | 2 % | 8 |
| ATLEISURE | 2 % | 9 |
| IDLED | 2 % | 5 |
| BETWEENJOBS | 2 % | 11 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Unemployed
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- jobless
- idle
- fired
- laid-off
- at leisure
- discharged
- dismissed
- out of work
- pink-slipped
- unemployment
- joblessness
- underemployed
Crossword Answer definitions
IDLE noun- An idle animation.
- An idle game.
- To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume.
- To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business.
- Of an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick over.
- Empty, vacant.
- Not being used appropriately; not occupied; (of time) with no, no important, or not much activity.
- Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing in particular.
- Averse to work, labor or employment; lazy; slothful.
- Of no importance; useless; worthless; vain; trifling; thoughtless; silly.
- Light-headed; foolish.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result IDLE
- Lay off
- Like some threats
- Not in use
- Not working
- Twiddling one's thumbs
- Cleese's cohort, once
- Inactive
- Like chatter, perhaps
- Run in neutral
- Unoccupied
More clues leading to the result OTIOSE
More clues leading to the result JOBLESS
More clues leading to the result OBSOLETE
- Like a Commodore 64
- Out-of-date
- Outmoded
- No longer in use
- No longer used
- Horse-and-buggy
- Unemployed?
- Like car carburetors, for the most part
- Like iceboxes
- Dated
More clues leading to the result ATLEISURE
- Unemployed
- Funemployed, perhaps
- Slowly
- Unhastily
- Idle
- In one's spare time
- With no hurry
- One way to repent?
- Unhurriedly
- Free
More clues leading to the result IDLED
- Ran without going anywhere
- Twiddled one's thumbs
- Did little
- Waited curbside at the airport, say
- Did nothing
- Ran in neutral
- Took to the hammock
- Ran in place
- Had an off day?
- Wasted time