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on the dole

ADJECTIVE

jobless

Synonyms

WEAK

between jobs collecting unemployment benefits laid-off out of a job out of work without employment without gainful employment workless

ADJECTIVE

out of work

Synonyms

WEAK

between jobs collecting unemployment idle jobless laid-off out of a job unemployed

Antonyms

WEAK

employed

ADJECTIVE

unemployed

Synonyms

STRONGEST

idle inactive jobless underemployed

STRONG

down free loafing

WEAK

at liberty between jobs closed-down disengaged fired laid-off leisured on layoff on the bench on the shelf out of a job out of action out of work resting unapplied unengaged unexercised unoccupied unused without gainful employment workless

Antonyms

STRONGEST

active busy working

WEAK

employed occupied

Example Sentences

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The company has nearly four dozen lobbyists currently on the dole, a giant roster.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2024

Perhaps understandably, this prompted concerns that the benefits themselves might slow down the recovery, discouraging people from returning to work because being on the dole was too darn comfortable.

From Washington Post • Aug. 3, 2020

I am about to join him on the dole at age 63 to lighten the payroll.

From The Guardian • Apr. 6, 2020

In "Sorry We Missed You," Ricky tells Maloney he would rather starve than go on the dole.

From Salon • Mar. 2, 2020

Och, I could go on the dole, I suppose.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

on the dole

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