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Not employed in manual or other labor; having no regular work.

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  1. a. Not employed in manual or other labor; having no regular work.
  2. a. Not invested or used; as, unemployed capital.
  3. adj. not engaged in a gainful occupation
  4. n. people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group)
  5. 1. Nor employed in manual or other labor; having no regular work. 2. Not invested or used; as, unemployed capital.
  6. j:100 a. not engaged in a gainful occupation