unemployment
playSimple Definition of unemployment
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: the state of not having a job
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: the total number of people who do not have jobs in a particular place or area
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: money paid by the government to someone who does not have a job
Full Definition of unemployment
1 : the state of being unemployed : involuntary idleness of workers; also : the rate of such unemployment
Examples of unemployment in a sentence
My unemployment lasted about six months.
Unemployment has been increasing for months.
The current unemployment rate is six percent.
1888
First Known Use of unemployment
1888
UNEMPLOYMENT Defined for Kids
unemployment
playDefinition of unemployment for Students
1 : the state of being out of work
2 : the number of people who do not have jobs
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