Word: unemployed
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: un
em
ployed
Definition: Having no job despite being able and willing to work.
Morphemes:
Affix: un-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: absent; lacking; not; negative
Affix: employ
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To hire (somebody for work or a job).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: in
Language: la
Decoded: in
Meaning: in
Affix: plicare
Language: la
Decoded: plicare
Meaning: to fold
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: As an extension of the above, when used along with an adjective preceding the noun, describes something that has an object of a particular quality.