economically inactive

economically inactive
   unemployed
   The actions of each of us impinge on the economy, whether or not we create wealth:
    Both men claimed there had been an unlawful interference with their rights as EU citizens when they became 'economically inactive'. (Daily Telegraph, 21 March 1995 — an Italian and a Portuguese with three dependants had migrated to England where they had been kept at public expense without working. When it was suggested that they should return to their country of origin, they issued proceedings for damages)

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