Meanings
unemployed (having no work despite being willing to work)
colloquialon welfare; unemployed; idle (having no work and being supported by social benefits despite being able to work)
Germanyworking less than 15 hours a week, actively looking for a job that is subject to obligatory social-security payments, registered at the national employment agency, and responding to the latter’s placement services
jobless; unemployed; on the dole; out of work; redundant
Viele Leute sind in den letzten Jahren arbeitslos geworden.
Examples
GermanEnglish
Ihr Vater wurde vor Kurzem arbeitslos.Her father lost his job recently.
Tom ist arbeitslos.Tom is jobless.