unemployment
Use Unemployment in a sentence
ɛmˈplɔɪ noun
1.
the state of being unemployed, especially involuntarily: Automation poses a threat of unemployment for many unskilled workers.
2.
the number of persons who are unemployed.
3.
Informal. unemployment benefit.
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| —n | |
| 1. | the condition of being unemployed |
| 2. | the number of unemployed workers, often as a percentage of the total labour force |
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Example sentences
Use of labor in a world of unemployment is not a problem, it is a solution.
The biggest problem that the economy faces right now is unemployment.
The outlook for hiring has brightened as applications for unemployment benefits near a four-year low.
Yet this increased revenue has not eased economic hardships, which include double-digit unemployment and inflation.
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