unemployment

Meaning

Noun

• The state of having no job; joblessness.
• The phenomenon of joblessness in an economy.
• The level of joblessness in an economy, often measured as a percentage of the workforce.
• A type of joblessness due to a particular economic mechanism.
• An instance or period of joblessness.

Related

Similar words

• joblessness, worklessness, unwork

Opposite words

• employment

Origin

• un- + employment