Unemployment

Full definition of unemployment

Noun

1. The state of having no job

1. Unemployment made Jack depressed.
2. The phenomenon of joblessness in an economy.Unemployment has been considered a cause of crime.
3. 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.
4. (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.
5. (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