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Noun: unemployment  `únim'ploymunt
  1. 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"
    - joblessness

Derived forms: unemployments

Type of: state

Antonym: employment

Encyclopedia: Unemployment