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άνεργος — meaning in English

anergos

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English meaning

  • idle adj Not working, active, or in use.
  • unemployed adj Without a job, despite being able and willing to work.

Senses

άνεργος is used for these senses in English:

  • idle Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing in particular.
  • unemployed Having no job despite being able and willing to work.

idle — full definition

  1. adj Not working, active, or in use.
  2. adj Lazy or unwilling to work.
  3. verb Of an engine, to run slowly while not driving anything, such as a car sitting still with the motor on.
  4. verb To pass time doing nothing productive.

unemployed — full definition

  1. adj Without a job, despite being able and willing to work.
  2. noun People without jobs, considered as a group.

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