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jobless
01
not having work or employment
Grammatical Information
Composition
Compound
qualitative
Superlative
most jobless
Comparative
more jobless
gradable
Examples
He has been jobless for six months.
02
having nothing better to do, wasting time on trivial or petty matters
Slang
What does "jobless" mean in slang?
The term "jobless" is used as an insult for someone who is idle, overly invested in trivial things, or wasting time on unnecessary drama or online activity. The structure is a semantic extension of the literal meaning, but in slang it targets behavior rather than employment status. It is informal and often used in online arguments to dismiss someone as petty, unproductive, or overly engaged in irrelevant matters.
Examples
Posting those memes all day is so jobless.
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