English Online Dictionary. What means unemployment? What does unemployment mean?
English
Etymology
From un- + employment.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʌn.ɪmˈplɔɪ.mənt/
Noun
unemployment (countable and uncountable, plural unemployments)
- 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.
- (countable) A type of joblessness due to a particular economic mechanism.
- (countable) An instance or period of joblessness.
Synonyms
- joblessness, worklessness, unwork
Antonyms
- employment, reemployment
Hyponyms
Coordinate terms
- disemployment, misemployment
Derived terms
Related terms
- unemployed
Translations
Further reading
- "unemployment" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 325.