Disemployment

noun

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Noun

1
The state of being disemployed, or deprived of employment (as sometimes distinguished from unemployment). uncountable
"this glut of leisure and disemployment"

Synonyms

ax boot deposal discharge dismissal firing

Antonyms

employment reemployment

Example

"this glut of leisure and disemployment"

Etymology

From dis- + employment.

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