Classified as not in the labor force. A worker is counted as discouraged if they are available for work but did not look for work in the last four weeks. They are not counted as unemployed because they have not made specific efforts to find work.
Individuals who would like to work and are available for work, but are not actively seeking it because of a stated belief that no suitable job is available or because they do not know where to get jobs.
People who have no jobs, are willing to work, and are available for work but have stopped searching for work because of their discouraging experience.
workers who would be willing to work but have given up looking for jobs, and thus are not officially counted as unemployed
Persons not in the labor force who want and are available for a job and who have looked for work sometime in the past 12 months (or since the end of their last job if they held one within the past 12 months), but who are not currently looking because they believe there are no jobs available or there are none for which they would qualify.
people who are unemployed and have given up looking for work.
Discouraged workers are people who are available and willing to work but who have given up the effort to find work.
Jobless people who are available for work but who are not actively seeking it because they think they have poor prospects of finding jobs. Because they are not actively seeking jobs, discouraged workers are not counted as part of the labor force or as being unemployed. (BLS)