Definition of unemployment in English:
unemployment
nounʌnɛmˈplɔɪm(ə)ntʌnɪmˈplɔɪm(ə)ntˌənəmˈplɔɪmənt
mass noun1The state of being unemployed.
the serious level of unemployment among school-leavers
Example sentencesExamples
- Schools in sink estates send more pupils into unemployment than to further or higher education.
- Drug abuse, unemployment and prejudice are among the many difficulties facing our communities.
- This will in turn reduce serious long-term unemployment as well as youth unemployment.
- While this group is a spending group, it is also subject to mid-life redundancy and unemployment.
- The youth want to leave the country as unemployment has become a serious problem.
- Higher education is a path away from unemployment and to equality with the rest of the working world.
- It has languished long enough in the shadow of unemployment and empty promises.
- This is a very real fear for them, as unemployment has a drastic impact on people's self esteem.
- Part of the joy of unemployment is, of course, that I can scour the Internet for the least relevant links ever.
- To make any serious headway against unemployment, twice that number need to be created.
- In the next two sections we consider unemployment, and occupation and job levels.
- I have found it strange and yet logical that one of the first symptoms of unemployment is serious and serial sloth.
- One such issue is the crippling and dangerous state of unemployment amongst young people.
- Cllr Weir also went on to highlight the problem of unemployment in the Ballina area.
- He said such support could help to curb crime and unemployment in South Africa.
- In urban areas the problem of unemployment is not acute, it is serious mainly in rural areas.
- Holland has just had eight years of solid economic growth and unemployment is almost non-existent.
- Another point is that unemployment is a trap that can be hard to get out of.
- As a society, we have chosen to have a certain level of unemployment in exchange for low inflation.
- The low level of unemployment has also been a major contributor to growth.
Synonyms
redundancy, dismissal, discharge
- 1.1 The number or proportion of unemployed people.
a time of high unemployment
Example sentencesExamples
- One of the main reasons is it's very difficult to get unemployment figures over a century.
- The actual unemployment rate in the shanties is much higher than official figures.
- The politicians will lose voters and the unemployment figures will certainly go up with a bang.
- The official unemployment figures for April also point to a contracting economy.
- Critics perceived it as a desperate government policy to hide the soaring unemployment figures of the day.
- Inflation, unemployment and retail sales figures are all forecast to point to a slowdown.
- The drop in Maori unemployment on a proportionate basis has been most impressive.
- One suspects that at least some of the reason is that the unemployment figures are thereby massaged.
- It would lower unemployment figures because more people would be able to do it.
- The decease in the unemployment figures did little to increase the government's popularity.
- The unemployment figure in this country is the lowest that it has been in a generation.
- A number of policies were introduced which caused the unemployment figures to drop.
- So all this economic growth stuff and unemployment figures may be wide of the real mark.
- The index saw its biggest rise for nine months in July when record unemployment figures were announced.
- The latest UK unemployment figures have shown a small fall in the number of jobless.
- Also the second oil crisis towards the end of the 1970s had an influence on the unemployment figures.
- With six-and-a-half per cent unemployment, we have the worst figures in the region.
- It must also be said that it helps to keep the unemployment figures at an acceptable level.
- The achievement by this government I am most proud of is the unemployment figure.
- What will cause problems to both borrowers and lenders is if the economy takes a dive and unemployment rises.
Definition of unemployment in US English:
unemployment
nounˌənəmˈploiməntˌənəmˈplɔɪmənt
1The state of being unemployed.
Example sentencesExamples
- Higher education is a path away from unemployment and to equality with the rest of the working world.
- Holland has just had eight years of solid economic growth and unemployment is almost non-existent.
- Cllr Weir also went on to highlight the problem of unemployment in the Ballina area.
- Another point is that unemployment is a trap that can be hard to get out of.
- Drug abuse, unemployment and prejudice are among the many difficulties facing our communities.
- This is a very real fear for them, as unemployment has a drastic impact on people's self esteem.
- In the next two sections we consider unemployment, and occupation and job levels.
- It has languished long enough in the shadow of unemployment and empty promises.
- This will in turn reduce serious long-term unemployment as well as youth unemployment.
- As a society, we have chosen to have a certain level of unemployment in exchange for low inflation.
- In urban areas the problem of unemployment is not acute, it is serious mainly in rural areas.
- While this group is a spending group, it is also subject to mid-life redundancy and unemployment.
- Schools in sink estates send more pupils into unemployment than to further or higher education.
- Part of the joy of unemployment is, of course, that I can scour the Internet for the least relevant links ever.
- The youth want to leave the country as unemployment has become a serious problem.
- He said such support could help to curb crime and unemployment in South Africa.
- The low level of unemployment has also been a major contributor to growth.
- I have found it strange and yet logical that one of the first symptoms of unemployment is serious and serial sloth.
- To make any serious headway against unemployment, twice that number need to be created.
- One such issue is the crippling and dangerous state of unemployment amongst young people.
Synonyms
redundancy, dismissal, discharge
- 1.1 The number or proportion of unemployed people.
a time of high unemployment
Example sentencesExamples
- One suspects that at least some of the reason is that the unemployment figures are thereby massaged.
- It must also be said that it helps to keep the unemployment figures at an acceptable level.
- The politicians will lose voters and the unemployment figures will certainly go up with a bang.
- It would lower unemployment figures because more people would be able to do it.
- Also the second oil crisis towards the end of the 1970s had an influence on the unemployment figures.
- What will cause problems to both borrowers and lenders is if the economy takes a dive and unemployment rises.
- The index saw its biggest rise for nine months in July when record unemployment figures were announced.
- The unemployment figure in this country is the lowest that it has been in a generation.
- Inflation, unemployment and retail sales figures are all forecast to point to a slowdown.
- A number of policies were introduced which caused the unemployment figures to drop.
- The actual unemployment rate in the shanties is much higher than official figures.
- The achievement by this government I am most proud of is the unemployment figure.
- With six-and-a-half per cent unemployment, we have the worst figures in the region.
- One of the main reasons is it's very difficult to get unemployment figures over a century.
- Critics perceived it as a desperate government policy to hide the soaring unemployment figures of the day.
- The drop in Maori unemployment on a proportionate basis has been most impressive.
- The official unemployment figures for April also point to a contracting economy.
- So all this economic growth stuff and unemployment figures may be wide of the real mark.
- The latest UK unemployment figures have shown a small fall in the number of jobless.
- The decease in the unemployment figures did little to increase the government's popularity.
- 1.2
short for unemployment benefit