unemployment

== English == === Etymology === From un- +‎ employment. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʌn.ɪmˈplɔɪ.mənt/ === Noun === unemployment (countable and uncountable, plural unemployments) The state of having no job; joblessness. The phenomenon of joblessness in an economy. The level of joblessness in an economy, often measured as a percentage of the workforce. (countable) A type of joblessness due to a particular economic mechanism. (countable) An instance or period of joblessness. ==== Synonyms ==== joblessness, worklessness, unwork ==== Antonyms ==== employment, reemployment ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Coordinate terms ==== disemployment, misemployment ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== unemployed ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Raymond Williams (1983), “Unemployment”, in Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society, revised American edition, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, published 1985, →ISBN, page 325