UNEMPLOYMENT Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

unemployment

noun

Definition of unemployment

as in joblessness

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Recent Examples of unemployment Despite strong macroeconomic indicators, such as low unemployment and significant corporate investment, there’s a gap between overall growth and residents’ daily lives. — Charlotte Observer, 24 Sep. 2026 Our present condition is deplorable on account of a terrific burden of unemployment caused by overproduction. — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026 The result was surging unemployment, civil unrest, and mayhem on the border. — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026 Officials revised their forecasts for inflation and growth higher, and unemployment lower. — Benzinga, Freep.com, 19 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unemployment

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Noun

Futurists herald the imminent arrival of abundance, prosperity, and limitless joy and, equally, joblessness and purposelessness, never quite wrestling with the contradiction between those forecasts.

— Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
The one notable concern is the persistence of long-term joblessness despite the strong headline numbers.

— John W. Diamond, The Conversation, 16 Sep. 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

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Reuters reported that Macklemore’s removal from Ed Sheeran’s tour prompted the other opening acts and Sheeran’s band to withdraw in solidarity.

— Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
The state is suing the Indiana High School Athletic Association and seeking the removal of a bylaw that requires the organization to reserve two seats for minorities on its Board of Directors.

— Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of removal

Noun

Trump’s Justice Department has been reviewing the pending cases one by one before seeking dismissal.

— Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
The widespread dismissal of standardized testing is one of the silliest and most harmful developments in the past twenty-five years of education discourse.

— Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2026

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