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"unemployment is a serious social evil" "the rate of unemployment is an indicator of the health of an economy"nounthe state of being unemployed or not having a jobOpposite:type of:
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- relationship a relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness)
- depression a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment
- depression a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
- slump a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
- stagflation a period of slow economic growth and high unemployment (stagnation) while prices rise (inflation)
- luddite one of the 19th century English workmen who destroyed laborsaving machinery that they thought would cause unemployment
- jobcentre a government office in a town where information about available jobs is displayed and where unemployment benefits are administered
- social security social welfare program in the U.S.; includes old-age and survivors insurance and some unemployment insurance and old-age assistance
- monetarism an economic theory holding that variations in unemployment and the rate of inflation are usually caused by changes in the supply of money
- economic crisis a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment