arbeitslos

Pronunciation: /ˈaʁbaɪ̯tsloːs/

unemployed (having no work despite being willing to work)

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Meanings

Adjective

unemployed (having no work despite being willing to work)
on welfare; unemployed; idle (having no work and being supported by social benefits despite being able to work)
registered as unemployed in the official German statistical sense (working under 15 hours a week and actively seeking insurable work)

Seit der Schließung der Fabrik ist mein Onkel arbeitslos.

My uncle has been unemployed since the factory closed.

arbeitslos werden — become unemployed; werden describes the change
sich arbeitslos melden — register as unemployed; the adjective remains lowercase

Extra sentence

Nach dem Ende ihres Vertrags war sie zwei Monate arbeitslos.

After her contract ended, she was unemployed for two months.