unemployment
pronunciation
How to pronounce unemployment in British English:
UK [ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪmənt]
How to pronounce unemployment in American English:
US [ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪmənt]
-
- Noun:
- the state of being unemployed or not having a job
Word Origin
- unemployment (n.)
- 1887, from un- (1) "not" + employment.
Example
- 1. Unemployment is at a record low .
- 2. Unemployment is double what it was a year ago .
- 3. Their median duration of unemployment was 18.4 weeks as of august , compared with 27.5 weeks for high-school grads .
- 4. Unemployment is also rising fast .
- 5. Unemployment will remain structurally high .