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unemployment

[ uhn-em-ploi-muhnt ]

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noun

the state of being unemployed, especially involuntarily:
Automation poses a threat of unemployment for many unskilled workers.
the number of persons who are unemployed.
Informal. unemployment benefit.

unemployment

/ ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪmənt /

the condition of being unemployed
the number of unemployed workers, often as a percentage of the total labour force

First recorded in 1885–90; un- ¹ + employment

Last year, it let an unemployment extension for the long-term jobless expire during the holidays.

For much of the past half century, the rustbelt states suffered high levels of unemployment.

Youth unemployment currently stands at over 50 percent, and that in a country where half the population is under the age of 18.

This in a state that has a near record-low unemployment of 4.4 percent.

For men of the same age and educational background, the unemployment figure is just 5.8 percent.

"Unemployment," in the case of the willing and able becomes henceforth a social crime.

And then I suppose hell be out of work over there, and we shall be hearing of the unemployment in the Colonies!

If I could only do something—solve the unemployment problem or make some grand gesture—in answer to all this.

That step would be to learn how labor can enrich itself and do away with strikes and unemployment.

Then some day comes the unemployment crisis, and a wave of revolt sweeping over the country.

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