1. without employment; unemployed
Usage: rare or archaic; 'unemployed' is the standard modern term

1. past tense and past participle of disemploy; to dismiss from employment or deprive of a job
Usage: rare or archaic; 'laid off' or 'fired' are standard modern terms

Examples

• After the factory closure, hundreds of workers were disemployed.
• The disemployed workers sought assistance from the state labor office.
• He remained disemployed for several months before finding a new position.
• The company disemployed staff due to budget cuts.
• Many disemployed individuals attended the job fair hoping to find work.