unemployment
/ʌn.ɪmˈplɔɪ.mənt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.22 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The level of joblessness in an economy, often measured as a percentage of the workforce.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Unemployment made Jack depressed."
- "In 1928, an arrangement was made between the Government of Northern Ireland and the N.C.C. for the construction of a loop line as an unemployment scheme."
- "Unemployment has been considered a cause of crime."
- "Unemployment was reported at 5.2% in May, up from 4.9% in April."
- "All unemployments, seasonal, frictional, cyclical, classical, whatever, mean that you're out of work."
- "Until then his life had consisted of low-paying jobs, numerous unemployments, and drug use."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English employment English unemployment From un- + employment.