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Joblessness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being jobless or unemployed. uncountable
  2. 2
    The phenomenon or level of unemployment in an economy. uncountable

    "Even if it were working perfectly, the stimulus would not come close to stemming the cascade of joblessness unleashed by this megarecession."

Etymology

From jobless + -ness.

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