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Noun
en-noun|unemployments|-

1. The state of having no job; joblessness.

#: Unemployment made Jack depressed.

1. The phenomenon of joblessness in an economy.

#: Unemployment has been considered a cause of crime.

1. The level of joblessness in an economy, often measured as a percentage of the workforce.

#: Unemployment was reported at 5.2% in May, up from 4.9% in April.

1. countable A type of joblessness due to a particular economic mechanism.

#: All unemployments, seasonal, frictional, cyclical, classical, whatever, mean that you're out of work.

1. countable An instance or period of joblessness.

#: Until them his life had consisted of low-paying jobs, numberous unemployments, and drug use.

Synonyms
joblessness

Antonyms
employment

Related terms
classical unemployment
cyclical unemployment
frictional unemployment
Marxian unemployment
seasonal unemployment
structural unemployment
technological unemployment
unemployed

Translations
trans-top|joblessness
Arabic: ARchar|بطا�ة (be�ála)
Catalan: atur m, parada forçosa f, manca de treball f
Chinese: 失業, 失� (shīyè)
Czech: nezam�stnanost n
Dutch: werkloosheid f
Estonian: tööpuudus
Finnish: työttömyys
French: chômage m
German: Arbeitslosigkeit f
Hebrew: he-translation|�����|av"talah f
Italian: disoccupazione f
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Japanese: 失業 (�����, shitsugy�)
Korean: �� (sireop)
Kurdish: KUchar|ب� ئ�ش�, KUchar|ب�کار�
Polish: bezrobocie n
Portuguese: desemprego m
Romanian: �omaj n
Russian: без�або�и�а (bezrabótitsa) f
Spanish: desempleo m, paro m italbrac|Spain
Swedish: arbetslöshet
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