unemployment

Definitions

1. The state of having no job; joblessness.
   countable, uncountable
2. The state of having no job; joblessness
3. Interruption or alteration that the workers do of his activity to protest against the conditions in which they exert it.
4. The phenomenon of joblessness in an economy.
   countable, uncountable
5. The phenomenon of joblessness in an economy
6. Situation of the person that does not attain to find or achieve an use.
7. The level of joblessness in an economy, often measured as a percentage of the workforce.
   countable, uncountable
8. The level of joblessness in an economy, often measured as a percentage of the workforce
9. By extension, subsidy that pays to those who find in this situation.
10. A type of joblessness due to a particular economic mechanism.
    countable
11. A type of joblessness due to a particular economic mechanism
12. An instance or period of joblessness.
    countable
13. An instance or period of joblessness

Equivalents

43 more languages

العربيةالبطالةبطالةعطالةعطل+ 1 more

Azərbaycan diliişsizlik

বাংলাদূর

Bosanskinezaposlenostнезапосленост

Catalàaturdesocupació

Češtinanezaměstnanost

Cymraeganghyflogaethdiweithdra

Danskarbejdsløshed

Ελληνικάαεργίααναδουλειάανεργίααργία+ 1 more

Esperantomaldungo

Suomikilometritehdaskortistotyöttömyys

Gaeilgedífhostaíocht

Gàidhligcion-cosnaidh

עבריתאבטלה

हिन्दीबेकारीबेरोज़गारी

Hrvatskinezaposlenostнезапосленост

Magyarmunkanélküliség

Հայերենգործազրկություն

Bahasa Indonesiapengangguran

Íslenskaatvinnuleysi

Italianodisoccupazioneinoccupazione

日本語失業失職

ქართულიუმუშევრობა

Қазақ тіліжұмыссыздық

ភាសាខ្មែរនិកម្មភាពអកម្មភាព

한국어실업실직

Lietuviųnedárbas

Latviešubezdarbs

Македонскиневработеност

Maltiqgħad

Nederlandswerkloosheid

ਪੰਜਾਬੀਬੇਕਾਰੀ

Polskibezrobocie

Portuguêsdesemprego

Românășomaj

Русскийбезработицанеза́нятость

Српскиnezaposlenostнезапосленост

Svenskaarbetslöshet

ไทยการว่างงาน

Türkçeişsizlik

Українськабезробі́ття

اردوبیروزگاریبے روزگاری

Tiếng Việtthất nghiệp

Examples

“Unemployment made Jack depressed.”

“In 1928, an arrangement was made between the Government of Northern Ireland and the N.C.C. for the construction of a loop line as an unemployment scheme.”

“Unemployment has been considered a cause of crime.”

“Unemployment was reported at 5.2% in May, up from 4.9% in April.”

“All unemployments, seasonal, frictional, cyclical, classical, whatever, mean⟳ that you're out of work⟳.”

“Until then his life had consisted of low-paying jobs, numerous unemployments, and drug use⟳.”

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