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noun (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 them his life had consisted of low-paying jobs, numberous unemployments, and drug use.
Translations: - Dutch: werkloosheid
- French: chí´mage
- German: Arbeitslosigkeit
- Italian: disoccupazione
(trans-mid)
- Spanish: desempleo , paro (italbrac, Spain)
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