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unemployment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | state |
unemployment is a serious social evil.
the rate of unemployment is an indicator of the health of an economy.
Examples of unemployment
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With unemployment rising again in 1937, worker-management relations were frayed.
From the stltoday.com
Nearly double is generally needed to significantly reduce the unemployment rate.
From the thenewstribune.com
In other words, he said, unemployment fell last month, but for the wrong reason.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Finally, the tax-cut deal provides a costly extension of unemployment insurance.
From the washingtontimes.com
Rising gas prices and high unemployment hurt Wal-Mart's working-class customers.
From the omaha.com
This allowed Reagan to end his public career with unemployment at a 14-year low.
From the washingtontimes.com
The unemployment rate, by contrast, is based on a smaller survey of individuals.
From the denverpost.com
Unemployment hovers around 40%, and the country is running out of oil and water.
From the abcnews.go.com
At the same time, Michigan no longer has the nation's highest unemployment rate.
From the kentucky.com
- 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"
- (unemployed) not engaged in a gainful occupation; "unemployed workers marched on the capital"
- Unemployed people: people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group); "the long-term unemployed need assistance"
- The state of having no job; joblessness; The phenomenon of joblessness in an economy; The level of joblessness in an economy, often measured as a percentage of the workforce; A type of joblessness due to a particular economic mechanism; An instance or period of joblessness
- Unemployed people; Having no job (despite being able and willing to work)
- (Unemployed) Civilians who had no employment but were available for work and (1) had engaged in any specific job-seeking activity within the past 4 weeks; (2) were waiting to be called back to a job from which they had been laid off; or (3) were waiting to report to a new wage or salary job ...
- (Unemployed) Not currently employed. This could include people looking for work, or people engaged in other activities such as homemakers, students or volunteers.
- (Unemployed) Persons, aged 16 years or older, who are not working but are able to work, available for work, and seeking either full-time or part-time work. ...
- (Unemployed) Persons aged 15 years and over who were not employed during the reference week, and
