Word Type

Noun

The word "unemployment" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

employment employment

Capable Of

cause mental illness

Causes

bankrupcy

Causes Desire

get job return to work wait on tables

Coordinate Terms

disemployment misemployment

Derived Terms

Marxian unemployment antiunemployment classical unemployment cyclical unemployment frictional unemployment funemployment search unemployment seasonal unemployment structural unemployment technological unemployment unemployment benefit unemployment benefits unemployment insurance unemployment rate unemployment scheme unemployment trap wait unemployment

Derived From

employment

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

state

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

Marxian unemployment classical unemployment cyclical unemployment demand-deficient unemployment frictional unemployment funemployment search unemployment seasonal unemployment structural unemployment technological unemployment wait unemployment

Type Of (IsA)

situation skyrocketing in japan state

Related Terms

unemployed

Related Terms

economy employ employed employment joblessness phenomenon unemployed united states workforce

Synonym Network

joblessness

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