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