cyclical unemployment

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noun

periodic unemployment caused by fluctuations in the business cycle.

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Words nearby cyclical unemployment

cycle of erosion, cycle rickshaw, cyclery, cyclic, cyclical, cyclical unemployment, cyclic AMP, cyclic GMP, cyclic pitch lever, cyclic shift, cyclin

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How to use cyclical unemployment in a sentence

Last year, it let an unemployment extension for the long-term jobless expire during the holidays.
To GOP Congress, as Usual, It’s Welfare on the Chopping Block|Monica Potts|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For much of the past half century, the rustbelt states suffered high levels of unemployment.
The Rustbelt Roars Back From the Dead|Joel Kotkin, Richey Piiparinen|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Youth unemployment currently stands at over 50 percent, and that in a country where half the population is under the age of 18.
Yemen’s a Model All Right—For Disaster|Michael Shank , Casey Harrity|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This in a state that has a near record-low unemployment of 4.4 percent.
What the Hell Happened in Vermont?!|Stuart Stevens|November 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST

For men of the same age and educational background, the unemployment figure is just 5.8 percent.
Cameroonian Women Fighting Sexism With Tourism|Abena Agyeman-Fisher|November 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
"Unemployment," in the case of the willing and able becomes henceforth a social crime.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
And then I suppose hell be out of work over there, and we shall be hearing of the unemployment in the Colonies!
Chains|Elizabeth Baker
If I could only do something—solve the unemployment problem or make some grand gesture—in answer to all this.
My Wonderful Visit|Charlie Chaplin
That step would be to learn how labor can enrich itself and do away with strikes and unemployment.
The Iron Puddler|James J. Davis
The Elegies have never before been published as here, together in the cyclical form of their original conception.
Erotica Romana|Johann Wolfgang Goethe

British Dictionary definitions for cyclical unemployment

cyclical unemployment

noun

unemployment caused by fluctuations in the level of economic activity inherent in trade cycles

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