unemployment resulting from changes in the structure of an industry as a result of changes in either technology or taste
structural unemployment in American English
noun
unemployment caused by basic changes in the overall economy, as in demographics, technology, or industrial organization
Word origin
[1960–65]This word is first recorded in the period 1960–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: go-go, parvovirus, pop art, power play, tag question
Examples of 'structural unemployment' in a sentence
structural unemployment
He argues that this increase in 'structural' unemployment leads to higher pay and it will happen soon.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It is also due to the failure of established parties to get to grips with structural unemployment.