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Unemployed

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

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Discharged 84% connected

of Discharge

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Discharged 84% connected

of Discharge

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Dismissed 84% connected

of Dismiss

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Dismissed 84% connected

of Dismiss

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Fired 84% connected

of Fire

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Fired 84% connected

of Fire

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Idle 84% connected

Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Idle 84% connected

Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Broader term 1

People 76% connected

The body of persons who compose a community, tribe, nation, or race; an aggregate of individuals forming a whole; a community; a nation.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

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Idle 66% connected

Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Idle 66% connected

Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet provides this as a see-also lexical relationship.

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