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the workless
adjective
Devoid of work.
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The government's changes are all about the workless.
Unemployment, to the extent it robs those things from the workless, can be bad.
If the coalition intends to punish the workless, it will destroy itself.
It's not just the workless who will have to cut back.
Then, in this caste system, come the workless poor, many of whom resent migrants and other indigents.
There are also fears that it would increase the chances of council estates becoming ghettos of the workless poor.
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At the other end of the scale, the areas with the fewest workless households are all in the south of England.
They point to the hellish conditions endured by citizens of countries with strict labour laws, such as France and Germany, where the pitiful workless scavenge the land looking for potato peelings, acorns, abandoned cars to sleep in, etc).
They said: 'Not yet – we'll call you when we do.' I haven't had a call". If the economy continues to flatline and the supposedly workless still outstrip actual vacancies, we should fear the worst – this model of work being securely built into the economy.
describing the worthless workless who didn't take up jobs done by migrants and so were choosing poverty.
The data shows that the number of workless households in the UK dropped by 182,000 over the year.
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