Bezrobotna

Bezrobotna is the feminine form of the Polish adjective bezrobotny, meaning unemployed. It is used to describe a female person who is currently not employed and can function as both a predicate and an attribute in noun phrases. Examples include “Ona jest bezrobotna” (She is unemployed) and “kobieta bezrobotna” (an unemployed woman).

The term derives from bez- (without) and robota (work). Like other Polish adjectives, bezrobotna agrees with gender and number: masculine form bezrobotny, feminine bezrobotna, and neuter or plural form bezrobotne. In plural, forms include bezrobotni for masculine personal and bezrobotne for non-masculine personal or neuter. Word order is flexible in Polish, with “kobieta bezrobotna” and “bezrobotna kobieta” both possible, though the former is more common in general usage.

Usage and nuance: bezrobotna is a neutral descriptor in most contexts, used in everyday speech as well as in media and statistics. It appears in phrases such as “osoby bezrobotne” (unemployed people) and in descriptions of individuals’ labor-market status. While neutral, context can affect tone, and more formal or technical language may prefer terms like “osoba bezrobotna” or the noun “bezrobocie” to refer to unemployment as a phenomenon.

Related terms include bezrobocie (unemployment), rynek pracy (labor market), and Urząd Pracy (employment office). The word forms part of discussions about work, employment, and gendered experiences in the Polish labor force.