disoccupation

Example Sentences

• "Nay it is well if this diſoccupation of the intellect do not lead from ſloth to improper indulgences."
• "Mortification, mingled perhaps with the pain of a tardy repentance, and rendered more distressing by the sudden change from an active life to a life of solitary disocucupation, soon began to tell upon his health; and after several months of rigorous imprisonment, obtaining permission to go to the West Indies, he set out upon his voyage of exile, and was never heard of more."
• "At the Port station Frank was pleased and soothed by the tranquil air of the policeman, who sat in his shirt-sleeves outside the door, and seemed to announce, by his attitude of final disoccupation, that crimes and misdemeanors were no more."
• "Toward the end of The House of Mirth, Lily Bart attempts to locate a warm space populated by sympathetic people, and instead finds herself “stranded in a great waste of disoccupation.”"
• "The following demands were made: An effective law protecting women, the election of women factory inspectors, old age government pensions going into effect at the age of 55, prevention of disoccupation by establishing the eight-hour day insurance against disoccupation, a minimum limit of wages, state and municipal public works for the unemployed, agricultural colonies, etc."
• "There are also the obligatory insurances for disoccupation and old age, with progressive percentages, the maximum rate of which is, however, always applied, in view of the rates of pay; that is, 4.20 lire monthly for disoccupation, and 12 lire for old age."