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?
With 25 percent of its African-American residents jobless, Chicago has the highest black unemployment rate among the nationâs five most populous cities. Chicagoâs rate is higher than Philadelphiaâs 19 percent, Los Angelesâ 18 percent, Houstonâs 15 percent and New York Cityâs 14 percent, based on 2013 U.S. Census figures.