disemploy

transitive verb

dis·​employ

¦dis+

: to dismiss from or put out of employment

workers disemployed by the shift from a war to a peace economy

—Leopold Lippman

disemployment

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noun

Word History

Etymology

dis- entry 1 + employ

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