1. Noun
When people who want work cannot find a job.
The condition in which people who are available for and seeking work do not have employment.
“Unemployment fell as the economy recovered.”
2. Noun
the state of being unemployed or not having a job; "unemployment is a serious social evil"; "the rate of unemployment is an indicator of the health of an economy"
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