ALL meanings of unemployment
un·em·ploy·ment
U u - noun unemployment jobless total 1
- noun unemployment person: being out of work 1
- noun unemployment the state of being unemployed, especially involuntarily: Automation poses a threat of unemployment for many unskilled workers. 1
- noun unemployment the number of persons who are unemployed. 1
- noun unemployment Informal. unemployment benefit. 1
- uncountable noun unemployment Unemployment is the fact that people who want jobs cannot get them. 0
- noun unemployment the condition of being unemployed 0
- noun unemployment the number of unemployed workers, often as a percentage of the total labour force 0
- noun unemployment the state of being unemployed; lack of employment 0
- noun unemployment the number or percentage of persons in the normal labor force who are out of work 0