Meaning: Exhausted. Synonyms: jaded; wearied. Context example: my father's words had left me jaded and depressed. Similar: tired (depleted of strength or energy)
Text Size. One of the many startling results in Friday's unemployment report for June was how few American adults are currently employed. Even though the unemployment rate is technically 9.2%, the employment-population ratio fell to 58.2%, matching its recession low. But it might help to put this number into perspective: just how bad is it?
Unemployment Rate: 3.6 percent. Lower than U.S. rate by: 5.9 percentage points. Major industries driving the economy: Agriculture, petroleum, food processing, and tourism dominate the nation's most job-friendly state. Education: 25.7 percent of the adult population has a Bachelor's degree or higher.