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between jobs

ADJECTIVE
jobless
Synonyms
WEAK
collecting unemployment benefits laid-off on the dole out of a job out of work without employment without gainful employment workless
ADJECTIVE
out of work
Synonyms
WEAK
collecting unemployment idle jobless laid-off on the dole out of a job unemployed
Antonyms
WEAK
employed
ADJECTIVE
unemployed
Synonyms
STRONGEST
idle inactive jobless underemployed
STRONG
down free loafing
WEAK
at liberty closed-down disengaged fired laid-off leisured on layoff on the bench on the dole 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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In October 2022, he says he was walking between jobs when a group of police called him over.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

Chao, a former accounts manager at a real-estate company, described herself as between jobs, but said she wasn’t benefiting financially from Bell.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

ACA, or Obamacare, plans are a critical option for people who are self-employed, contractors or between jobs.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 3, 2025

Unlike during the height of the pandemic, when workers were jumping between jobs for higher wages, some business contacts now report lowering their starting wages, she said.

From Barron's • Oct. 13, 2025

Early evenings when we were laying low between jobs, I often went to a Massachusetts Avenue nightclub called the Savoy.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey