unemployment
noun
un·em·ploy·ment
ˌən-im-ˈplȯi-mənt 
1
: the state of being unemployed : involuntary idleness of workers
also
: the rate of such unemployment
Examples of unemployment in a Sentence
My unemployment lasted about six months.
Unemployment has been increasing for months.
The current unemployment rate is six percent.
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With the large influx of immigrants, there are more people seeking jobs, pushing the unemployment rate up.
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Mike Patton, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
Meanwhile, the unemployment rate has ticked up this year.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2024
Members also raised their estimation of the unemployment rate this year to 4.4% from the 4% projected in June.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2024
With inflation at its lowest level since early 2021, an uptick in the unemployment rate, and growing worries about softening consumer spending, the cut was anything but a surprise.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2024
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Mike Patton, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
Meanwhile, the unemployment rate has ticked up this year.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2024
Members also raised their estimation of the unemployment rate this year to 4.4% from the 4% projected in June.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2024
With inflation at its lowest level since early 2021, an uptick in the unemployment rate, and growing worries about softening consumer spending, the cut was anything but a surprise.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2024
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“Unemployment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unemployment. Accessed 28 Sep. 2024.
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unemployment
noun
un·em·ploy·ment
ˌən-im-ˈplȯi-mənt
: the state of being out of work
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