Definitions for unemployment
ˌʌn ɛmˈplɔɪ məntun·em·ploy·ment

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. unemploymentnoun

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. unemploymentnoun

   The state of having no job; joblessness.

   Unemployment made Jack depressed.

2. unemploymentnoun

   The phenomenon of joblessness in an economy.

   Unemployment has been considered a cause of crime.

3. unemploymentnoun

   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. unemploymentnoun

   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. unemploymentnoun

   An instance or period of joblessness.

   Until them his life had consisted of low-paying jobs, numberous unemployments, and drug use.

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1. unemployment

   Unemployment refers to the state or condition in which individuals who are actively seeking employment are unable to find work. It is typically represented as a percentage of the total labor force and is a key indicator of the overall health of an economy. Factors contributing to unemployment might include economic conditions, technological changes, and individual qualifications or skills.

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1. Unemployment

   Unemployment occurs when people are without work and actively seeking work. The unemployment rate is a measure of the prevalence of unemployment and it is calculated as a percentage by dividing the number of unemployed individuals by all individuals currently in the labor force. During periods of recession, an economy usually experiences a relatively high unemployment rate. According to International Labour Organization report, more than 197 million people globally are out of work or 6% of the world's workforce were without a job in 2012. There remains considerable theoretical debate regarding the causes, consequences and solutions for unemployment. Classical economics, New classical economics, and the Austrian School of economics argue that market mechanisms are reliable means of resolving unemployment. These theories argue against interventions imposed on the labor market from the outside, such as unionization, bureaucratic work rules, minimum wage laws, taxes, and other regulations that they claim discourage the hiring of workers. Keynesian economics emphasizes the cyclical nature of unemployment and recommends government interventions in the economy that it claims will reduce unemployment during recessions. This theory focuses on recurrent shocks that suddenly reduce aggregate demand for goods and services and thus reduce demand for workers. Keynesian models recommend government interventions designed to increase demand for workers; these can include financial stimuli, publicly funded job creation, and expansionist monetary policies.

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Unemployment

   The state of not being engaged in a gainful occupation.

Matched Categories

1. • State

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'unemployment' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1624

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'unemployment' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1916

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'unemployment' in Nouns Frequency: #730

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce unemployment?

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How to say unemployment in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of unemployment in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of unemployment in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of unemployment in a Sentence

1. Mayor William Carpenter:

   It’s a blue-collar immigrant city where two years ago, 80 percent of the students in our school system qualified for free or reduced lunch, our unemployment rate runs about 50 percent above the statewide average historically, and we’re a majority-minority city.

2. Mark Zandi:

   From a 30,000-foot level, if you're looking at it from down on high, I expect a recession -- if we have one -- would be six months, nine months, something like that, unemployment would rise from 3.6 % to 5.5 %, 6 %, something like that. Not good, but you know, in the grand scheme of things, kind of more typical, comparable to other recessions we've experienced in the past.

3. Ben Bernanke:

   This fiscal headwind contributed to the high unemployment of the Great Recession, which peaked at 10 % in late 2009.

4. Robert Stokes:

   You look around and see unemployment. Filling out job applications and being turned down because of where you live and your demographic. It's so much bigger than the police department.

5. Christine Lagarde:

   So, what we have said is, the IMF thinks that it is better to make sure that the data are absolutely confirmed, that there is no uncertainty, neither on the front of price stability, nor on the front of employment and unemployment, before it actually makes that move, and that would call for being in the curve, rather than necessarily ahead of the curve or indeed behind the curve.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=unemployment
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Unemployment
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=unemployment
5. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=unemployment