unemployment

un·em·ploy·ment  (nm-ploimnt, -m-)

n.

1. The state of being unemployed, especially involuntarily.

2. The percentage or number of people who are involuntarily unemployed: Unemployment has been shrinking throughout the recovery.

3. Unemployment compensation.

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unemployment

Noun

1. the condition of being unemployed

2. the number of unemployed workers: unemployment rose again last month

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Unemployment of graduates: a group of students—Hare, 1939.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

unemployment - the state of being unemployed or not having a job; "unemployment is a serious social evil"; "the rate of unemployment is an indicator of the health of an economy" state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" employ, employment - the state of being employed or having a job; "they are looking for employment"; "he was in the employ of the city"

Translations

unemployment [ʌnɪmˈplɔɪmənt] n → paro, desempleo, cesantía (LAM)

unemployment [ʌnɪmˈplɔɪmənt] n → chômage m

unemployment [ʌnɪmˈplɔɪmənt] n → Arbeitslosigkeit f

unemployment [ʌnɪmˈplɔɪmənt] n → disoccupazione f