Unemployment

//ʌn.ɪmˈplɔɪ.mənt//

Synonyms for "unemployment" (8 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(1 words)
disoccupation

Strong matches (2)

Related words (4)

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Synonyms

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derived from

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is a

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related to

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Translations

113 translations across 83 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • werkloosheid noun (joblessness)

Albanian

1 entries
  • papunësi noun (joblessness)

Arabic

4 entries
  • بَطَالَة noun (joblessness)
  • بَطَالَة noun (joblessness)
  • بِطَالَة noun (joblessness)
  • شوماج noun (joblessness)

Armenian

1 entries
  • գործազրկություն noun (joblessness)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • işsizlik noun (joblessness)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • эшһеҙлек noun (joblessness)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • беспрацо́ўя noun (joblessness)
  • незаня́тасць noun (joblessness)
  • незаня́тасьць noun (joblessness)

Bengali

2 entries
  • দূর noun (joblessness)
  • বেকারত্ব noun (joblessness)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • безрабо́тица noun (joblessness)

Burmese

1 entries
  • အလုပ်လက်မဲ့ဖြစ်ခြင်း noun (joblessness)

Catalan

4 entries
  • atur noun (joblessness)
  • desocupació noun (joblessness)
  • manca de treball noun (joblessness)
  • parada forçosa noun (joblessness)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • بێ ئیشی noun (joblessness)
  • بێکاری noun (joblessness)

Chechen

1 entries
  • белхазалла noun (joblessness)

Chinese

1 entries
  • 失業 /失业 noun (joblessness)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 失業 /失业 noun (joblessness)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 失業 /失业 noun (joblessness)

Chuvash

1 entries
  • ӗҫсӗрлӗх noun (joblessness)

Czech

1 entries
  • nezaměstnanost noun (joblessness)

Danish

1 entries
  • arbejdsløshed noun (joblessness)

Dutch

1 entries
  • werkloosheid noun (joblessness)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • maldungo noun (joblessness)

Estonian

1 entries
  • tööpuudus noun (joblessness)

Faroese

1 entries
  • arbeiðsloysi noun (joblessness)

Finnish

1 entries
  • työttömyys noun (joblessness)

French

1 entries
  • chômage noun (joblessness)

Georgian

1 entries
  • უმუშევრობა noun (joblessness)

German

3 entries
  • Arbeitslosigkeit noun (joblessness)
  • Beschäftigungslosigkeit noun (joblessness)
  • Werklosigkeit noun (joblessness)

Greek

1 entries
  • ανεργία noun (joblessness)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries
  • 失業 /失业 noun (joblessness)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • אַבְטָלָה noun (joblessness)

Hindi

2 entries
  • बेकारी noun (joblessness)
  • बेरोज़गारी noun (joblessness)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • munkanélküliség noun (joblessness)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • atvinnuleysi noun (joblessness)

Ido

1 entries
  • neemployeso noun (joblessness)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • pengangguran noun (joblessness)

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • بیکاری noun (joblessness)
  • بیکاری noun (joblessness)

Irish

1 entries
  • dífhostaíocht noun (joblessness)

Italian

2 entries
  • disoccupazione noun (joblessness)
  • inoccupazione noun (joblessness)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 失業 noun (joblessness)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • жұмыссыздық noun (joblessness)

Khmer

2 entries
  • និកម្មភាព noun (joblessness)
  • អកម្មភាព noun (joblessness)

Korean

1 entries
  • 실업 noun (joblessness)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • жумушсуздук noun (joblessness)

Lao

2 entries
  • ການວ່າງງານ noun (joblessness)
  • ໄພຫວ່າງງານ noun (joblessness)

Latvian

1 entries
  • bezdarbs noun (joblessness)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • nedarbas noun (joblessness)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • неврабо́теност noun (joblessness)

Malay

1 entries
  • pengangguran noun (joblessness)

Maltese

1 entries
  • qgħad noun (joblessness)

Manx

2 entries
  • mee-staartaght noun (joblessness)
  • neufailleydys noun (joblessness)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • ажилгүйдэл noun (joblessness)

Norman

1 entries
  • d'sempliai noun (joblessness)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries
  • betalî noun (joblessness)
  • bêkarî noun (joblessness)
  • bêşolî noun (joblessness)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • arbeidsledighet noun (joblessness)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • arbeidsløyse noun (joblessness)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • ӕнӕкуыст noun (joblessness)

Pashto

2 entries
  • بې روزګاري noun (joblessness)
  • بېکاري noun (joblessness)

Polish

1 entries
  • bezrobocie noun (joblessness)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • desemprego noun (joblessness)

Punjabi

2 entries
  • بیکاری noun (joblessness)
  • ਬੇਕਾਰੀ noun (joblessness)

Romanian

1 entries
  • șomaj noun (joblessness)

Russian

2 entries
  • безрабо́тица noun (joblessness)
  • неза́нятость noun (joblessness)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • cion-cosnaidh noun (joblessness)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • nezàposlenōst noun (joblessness)
  • неза̀послено̄ст noun (joblessness)

Slovak

1 entries
  • nezamestnanosť noun (joblessness)

Slovene

1 entries
  • brezposelnost noun (joblessness)

Spanish

2 entries
  • desempleo noun (joblessness)
  • paro noun (joblessness)

Swedish

1 entries
  • arbetslöshet noun (joblessness)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • kawalang-hanapbuhay noun (joblessness)

Tajik

1 entries
  • бекорӣ noun (joblessness)

Tatar

1 entries
  • эшсезлек noun (joblessness)

Thai

1 entries
  • การว่างงาน noun (joblessness)

Turkish

1 entries
  • işsizlik noun (joblessness)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • işsizlik noun (joblessness)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • безробі́ття noun (joblessness)
  • неза́йнятість noun (joblessness)

Urdu

4 entries
  • بیروزْگاری noun (joblessness)
  • بیکاری noun (joblessness)
  • بے روزْگاری noun (joblessness)
  • بے کاری noun (joblessness)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • ئىشسىزلىق noun (joblessness)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • ishsizlik noun (joblessness)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • sự thất nghiệp noun (joblessness)

Volapük

1 entries
  • nenvob noun (joblessness)

Welsh

2 entries
  • anghyflogaeth noun (joblessness)
  • diweithdra noun (joblessness)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • אַרבעטסלאָזיקייט noun (joblessness)

Zazaki

1 entries
  • bêkariye noun (joblessness)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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Unemployment in this part of the country is virtually nonexistent.

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This increase in unemployment is a consequence of the recession.

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What is the unemployment rate at the moment?

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Who is responsible for high unemployment?

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