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Despite our high rate of unemployment, 300,000 jobs go unfilled largely because many of the unemployed lack the skills needed today as a result of technological progress.
Kim Campbell

Meaning of "unemployment" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNEMPLOYMENT

unemployment  [ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNEMPLOYMENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unemployment is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES UNEMPLOYMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

unemployment

Unemployment

Unemployment occurs when people are without work and actively seeking work. The unemployment rate is a measure of the prevalence of unemployment and it is calculated as a percentage by dividing the number of unemployed individuals by all individuals currently in the labor force. During periods of recession, an economy usually experiences a relatively high unemployment rate. According to International Labour Organization report, more than 197 million people globally are out of work or 6% of the world's workforce were without a job in 2012. There remains considerable theoretical debate regarding the causes, consequences and solutions for unemployment. Classical economics, New classical economics, and the Austrian School of economics argue that market mechanisms are reliable means of resolving unemployment. These theories argue against interventions imposed on the labor market from the outside, such as unionization, bureaucratic work rules, minimum wage laws, taxes, and other regulations that they claim discourage the hiring of workers.

Definition of unemployment in the English dictionary

The definition of unemployment in the dictionary is the condition of being unemployed. Other definition of unemployment is the number of unemployed workers, often as a percentage of the total labour force.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNEMPLOYMENT


cloyment
ˈklɔɪmənt
complement
ˈkɒmplɪmənt
compliment
ˈkɒmplɪmənt
deployment
dɪˈplɔɪmənt
disemployment
ˌdɪsɪmˈplɔɪmənt
element
ˈɛlɪmənt
employment
ɪmˈplɔɪmənt
enjoyment
ɪnˈdʒɔɪmənt
experiment
ɪkˈspɛrɪmənt
implement
ˈɪmplɪmənt
maldeployment
ˌmældɪˈplɔɪmənt
misemployment
ˌmɪsɪmˈplɔɪmənt
overemployment
ˌəʊvərɪmˈplɔɪmənt
payment
ˈpeɪmənt
preemployment
ˌpriːɪmˈplɔɪmənt
redeployment
ˌriːdɪˈplɔɪmənt
self-employment
ˌsɛlfɪmˈplɔɪmənt
subemployment
ˌsʌbɪmˈplɔɪmənt
supplement
ˈsʌplɪmənt
underemployment
ˌʌndəɪmˈplɔɪmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNEMPLOYMENT

unembarrassed
unembellished
unembittered
unembodied
unemotional
unemotionally
unemotioned
unemphatic
unemphatically
unempirical
unemployability
unemployable
unemployed
unemployment benefit
unemployment compensation
unemployment figures
unemployment line
unemployment rate
unemptied
unenchanted

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNEMPLOYMENT

advance payment
advertisement
balloon payment
cash payment
copayment
debt repayment
down payment
full employment
loan repayment
method of payment
mortgage payment
natural rate of unemployment
overpayment
prepayment
re-employment
repayment
social security payment
stop payment
transfer payment
underlayment
underpayment

Synonyms and antonyms of unemployment in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «unemployment» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNEMPLOYMENT

Find out the translation of unemployment to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unemployment from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unemployment» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

失业
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

desempleo
570 millions of speakers

English

unemployment
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बेरोजगारी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بِطَالَة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

безработица
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

desemprego
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বেকারি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chômage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengangguran
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Arbeitslosigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

失業
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

실직
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pengangguran
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tình trạng thất nghiệp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வேலையின்மை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बेकारी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

işsizlik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

disoccupazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bezrobocie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

безробіття
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

șomaj
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανεργία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

werkloosheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

arbetslöshet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

arbeidsløshet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unemployment

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNEMPLOYMENT»

The term «unemployment» is very widely used and occupies the 10.655 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNEMPLOYMENT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unemployment

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10 QUOTES WITH «UNEMPLOYMENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word unemployment.
1
Marc Andreessen
Qualified software engineers, managers, marketers and salespeople in Silicon Valley can rack up dozens of high-paying, high-upside job offers any time they want, while national unemployment and underemployment is sky high.
2
Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair
One of the biggest challenges for the MENA region is unemployment coupled with high population growth rates. The World Bank is committed to supporting infrastructure projects that will help with job creation across the region.
3
Bruce Babbitt
We've set aside tens of millions of acres of those northwestern forests for perpetuity. The unemployment rate has gone not up, but down. The economy has gone up.
4
Claudia Black
People told me, when I was coming through the ranks, that a mark of a great actor is one who deals with the period of unemployment as well as they deal with the period of employment.
5
Julian Bond
As legal slavery passed, we entered into a permanent period of unemployment and underemployment from which we have yet to emerge.
6
Stewart Brand
There's no unemployment in squatter cities. Everyone works. One-sixth of humanity is there. It's soon going to be more than that.
7
Kim Campbell
Despite our high rate of unemployment, 300,000 jobs go unfilled largely because many of the unemployed lack the skills needed today as a result of technological progress.
8
Barbara Castle
If you've got unemployment, low pay, that was just too bad. But that was the system. That was the sort of economy and philosophy against which I was fighting in the 1930s.
9
Rosemarie DeWitt
I think actors always have that fear of unemployment so when the opportunities are there, you just jump on them.
10
Shirin Ebadi
Because of our youthful population, we suffer from unemployment in Iran. We need more universities and more job opportunities for the young.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNEMPLOYMENT»

Discover the use of unemployment in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unemployment and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Unemployment: Macroeconomic Performance and the Labour Market
Based on a combination of new research and the best of existing knowledge, this book presents a clear explanation of the unemployment problem.
Richard Layard, P. Richard G. Layard, S. J. Nickell, 1991
2
Unemployment: An Economic Analysis
Unemployment is currently the major economic concern in developed countries. This book provides a thorough analysis of the theoretical and empirical aspects of the economics of unemployment in developed countries.
K. G. Knight, 1986
3
Unemployment: The Shocking Truth of Its Causes, Its ...
This book exposes the hidden and other causes of mass unemployment. You will not only be appalled at knowing the causes but also dismayed by the many outrageous consequences.
Jack Stone, Joe McCraw, 2007
4
Employment and Unemployment: A Social-Psychological Analysis
The book is an accessible and non-technical account of the contribution which social psychology can make to understanding unemployment and clearly reveals the limitations of an exclusive concentration on its economic aspects.
Marie Jahoda, 1982
5
Unemployment and Government: Genealogies of the Social
This book charts the changing definitions of unemployment in the UK over the last century.
William Walters, 2000
6
Youth Unemployment and Society
Examines youth unemployment and intervention strategies in the United States and Europe.
Anne C. Petersen, Jeylan T. Mortimer, 2006
7
Socialist Unemployment: The Political Economy of Yugoslavia, ...
In the first political analysis of unemployment in a socialist country, Susan Woodward argues that the bloody conflicts that are destroying Yugoslavia stem not so much from ancient ethnic hatreds as from the political and social divisions ...
Susan L. Woodward, 1995
8
Unemployment: Its Social Psychological Effects
In this 1985 book, Peter Kelvin and Joanna Jarrett examine the effects of unemployment identified by research conducted since the 1930s and consider the implications of these effects on both personal relationships and the public treatment ...
Peter Kelvin, Joanna E. Jarrett, 1985
9
Out of Work: Unemployment and Government in ...
An Independent Institute Book Out of Work offers devastating evidence that the major cause of unemployment in the United States is the government itself.
Richard K. Vedder, 1997
10
Globalization and Unemployment
This book deals with the correlation between globalization and unemployment under various aspects: historical aspects of globalization, empirical trends and theoretical explanations of unemployment, effects of globalization in general and ...
Helmut Wagner, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNEMPLOYMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unemployment is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Chart: What's the real unemployment rate?
A number of economists look past the "main" unemployment rate to a different figure the Bureau of Labor Statistics calls "U-6," which it defines as "total ... «CNBC, Jul 15»
2
Job growth shows late-spring heat wave
The headline unemployment rate increased slightly to 5.5 percent as the labor force participation rate ticked higher to 62.9 percent. ( Tweet This ) A separate ... «CNBC, Jun 15»
3
U.S. Adds 126000 Jobs In March; Unemployment Rate Lingers At …
In part, that's because Fed officials have revised down the range of unemployment they view as consistent with a healthy economy to 5 percent to 5.2 percent ... «Huffington Post, Apr 15»
4
After a Bounce, Wage Growth Slumps to 0.1%
Employers increased their payrolls by 295,000 workers in February, exceeding expectations, and the unemployment rate fell to 5.5 percent, its lowest point since ... «New York Times, Mar 15»
5
Job growth jumps but wages fall; rate down to 5.6%
Job creation kept the pace in December, with the U.S. economy creating 252,000 jobs to close out the year, while the unemployment rate dropped to 5.6 percent. «CNBC, Jan 15»
6
U.S. Adds 321000 Jobs In November; Unemployment Rate Remains …
The U.S. economy added 321,000 jobs in November, as the unemployment rate remained at 5.8 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. «Huffington Post, Dec 14»
7
Economy Adds 214000 Jobs in October, Unemployment Rate Drops …
However, on the downside, hourly wages have struggled to make gains and the number of long-term unemployed is still almost 50% higher than it was before ... «TIME, Nov 14»
8
Unemployment hits 6-year low
Unemployment fell below 6 percent for the first time in more than six years, dipping to 5.9 percent in September with the economy adding 248,000 jobs, the ... «Politico, Oct 14»
9
White Unemployment 5.3% -- Black Unemployment 11.4%
(CNSNews.com) – While unemployment nationwide is 6.1%, the unemployment rate for black Americans at 11.4% is more than double the rate for white ... «CNSNews.com, Sep 14»
10
The Unemployment Rate Was Higher, but the Employment Rate …
The U.S. unemployment rate increased slightly to 6.2% in July and a broader rate that includes discouraged workers also ticked up to 12.2%, but don't be ... «Wall Street Journal, Aug 14»

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