unemployment

  1. Noun.  The state of having no job; joblessness.
  2. Noun.  The phenomenon of joblessness in an economy.
  3. Noun.  The level of joblessness in an economy, often measured as a percentage of the workforce.
  4. Noun.  (countable) A type of joblessness due to a particular economic mechanism.
  5. Noun.  (countable) An instance or period of joblessness.

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