Definition of unemployment Unemployment

/ʌˌnɪmplɔjˈmʌnt/ - [unimploymunt] - un•em•ploy•ment

We found 9 definitions of unemployment from 5 different sources.

What does unemployment mean?

WordNet

Noun

Plural: unemployment

unemployment - 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"

state the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"

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Wiktionary

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

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unemployment
The condition of being without remunerative employment.

Wikipedia

Unemployment is when a person who is of normal working age (usually about 15-18 to about 60-65) does not have a paid job. They therefore do not get paid a salary. In some parts of the world, there are social networks to care for the unemployed.

The unemployment rate is the number of unemployed people divided by the total population of that age group of a country.