UNEMPLOYMENT Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

unemployment

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Definition of unemployment

as in joblessness

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Recent Examples of unemployment Katerina Spyropoulou follows current affairs and cares deeply about issues such as youth unemployment, social inequality, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. — Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 20 July 2026 Despite rapid economic growth under Modi, analysts say, India's youth unemployment remains stubbornly high. — Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 20 July 2026 The improvement in unemployment, however, has coincided with the steady declines in the labor pool in California. — George Avalos, Mercury News, 17 July 2026 For the first time since the end of 2024, Florida’s unemployment rate has gone down. — Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 17 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for unemployment

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Noun

Youth joblessness has been a particular sore point for official statistics.

— Anniek Bao,Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 15 July 2026
Industrial production fell and joblessness jumped.

— John Cassidy, New Yorker, 15 June 2026

Definition of joblessness

Noun

The initial Russian campaign represents completely irrational force employment and, in many cases, frankly, nonemployment.

— Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2022
The nonemployment crisis of the 2010s and the opioid crisis of the 2010s weren’t completely separate.

— New York Times, New York Times, 4 Dec. 2020

Definition of nonemployment

Noun

His removal at the interval for Ollie Watkins in that farewell game, with England 4-0 up, is not thought to have been related to an injury.

— Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Dig It Up Since lily of the valley spreads via underground rhizomes, the most effective removal method is to dig up the plant and dispose of it.

— Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 20 July 2026

Definition of removal

Noun

In the span of a single week, the dismissal of a Ukrainian defense minister set in motion a transformation of the country’s armed forces that replaced the old guard with a new generation of leadership.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
Having disposed of the timeliness issue, the appeal court next turned to the merits of the dismissal of RCA's causes of action under the Hawaii UPEPA.

— Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

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