Hypertext Webster Gateway: "unemployment"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Unemployment \Un`em*ploy"ment\, n.
Quality or state of being not employed; -- used esp. in
economics, of the condition of various social classes when
temporarily thrown out of employment, as those engaged for
short periods, those whose trade is decaying, and those least
competent.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
unemployment
n : 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"
[ant: {employment}]
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