unemployment
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
un- + employment
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Noun[edit]
unemployment (countable and uncountable, plural unemployments)
- The state of having no job; joblessness.
- Unemployment made Jack depressed.
- The phenomenon of joblessness in an economy.
- Unemployment has been considered a cause of crime.
- The level of joblessness in an economy, often measured as a percentage of the workforce.
- Unemployment was reported at 5.2% in May, up from 4.9% in April.
- (countable) A type of joblessness due to a particular economic mechanism.
- All unemployments, seasonal, frictional, cyclical, classical, whatever, mean that you're out of work.
- (countable) An instance or period of joblessness.
- Until then his life had consisted of low-paying jobs, numerous unemployments, and drug use.
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joblessness
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Further reading[edit]
- "unemployment" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 325.