What is another word for unwaged?

Pronunciation: [ʌnwˈe͡ɪd͡ʒd] (IPA)

Unwaged refers to individuals who are not earning a salary or wage. There are several synonyms for this term, including unemployed, jobless, and out of work. Other similar words include underemployed, which refers to individuals who are employed but not receiving sufficient work hours or income, and idle, which pertains to individuals who are not engaged in any productive activity. Additionally, the term non-employed can be used to describe those who are not currently working, while the phrase without a job can be used as a more general description of someone who is not employed. Overall, there are many ways to describe individuals who are not receiving regular wages or salary.

What are the hypernyms for Unwaged?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Unwaged

It is not merely that in primitive times we suffered from the destruction of the fields we tilled and the houses we built; or that in later times as domestic labourers and producers, though unwaged, we, in taxes and material loss and additional labour, paid as much as our males towards the cost of war; nor is it that in a comparatively insignificant manner, as nurses of the wounded in modern times, or now and again as warrior chieftainesses and leaders in primitive and other societies, we have borne our part; nor is it even because the spirit of resolution in its women, and their willingness to endure, has in all ages again and again largely determined the fate of a race that goes to war, that we demand our controlling right where war is concerned.
"Woman and Labour"
Olive Schreiner

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