Joblessness

noun

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Definitions

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."

Synonyms

All synonyms
unemploymentunemploymentunworkworklessness

Example

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"Unemployment remains stubbornly high at 14.9%, while youth joblessness, for those under age 24, is the worst in Europe at 30.6%."

Etymology

From jobless + -ness.

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