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Unemployed vs Sluggish - What's the difference?

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Unemployed is a related term of sluggish.


As adjectives the difference between unemployed and sluggish

is that unemployed is having no profession (despite being able and willing to work) while sluggish is habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man.

As a noun unemployed

is unemployed people.

unemployed

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Having no profession (despite being able and willing to work).
  • Having no use, not doing work
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    Synonyms

    * (having no job) jobless, out of work (used only after the noun ), out-of-work

    Related terms

    * unemployment

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • Unemployed people.
    • The unemployed are a growing portion of the population.

    Usage notes

    * This is not a true noun. It is an example of a "fused-head" construction in which an adjective (or possessive or determiner) is assumed to have fused with an omitted noun which is grammatically required.

    Synonyms

    * jobless

    sluggish

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man.
    • And the sluggish land slumbers in utter neglect . --
  • Slow; having little motion; as, a sluggish stream.
  • Having no power to move one's self or itself; inert.
    • Matter, being impotent, sluggish , and inactive, hath no power to stir or move itself . -- Woodward
  • Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.
  • Exhibiting economic decline, inactivity, slow or subnormal growth.
    • Inflation has been rising despite sluggish economy.

    Quotations

    * So sluggish a conceit . --

    Synonyms

    * See also * See also

    Derived terms

    * sluggishness