Synonyms for unemployment
ˌʌn ɛmˈplɔɪ məntun·em·ploy·ment

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1. unemploymentnoun

   Synonyms:
   joblessness

   Antonyms:
   employment

2. unemploymentnoun

   The state of having no job; joblessness.

   Unemployment made Jack depressed.

   Synonyms:
   joblessness

   Antonyms:
   employment

3. unemploymentnoun

   The phenomenon of joblessness in an economy.

   Unemployment has been considered a cause of crime.

   Synonyms:
   joblessness

   Antonyms:
   employment

4. unemploymentnoun

   The level of joblessness in an economy, often measured as a percentage of the workforce.

   Unemployment was reported at 5.2% in May, up from 4.9% in April.

   Synonyms:
   joblessness

   Antonyms:
   employment

5. unemploymentnoun

   A type of joblessness due to a particular economic mechanism.

   All unemployments, seasonal, frictional, cyclical, classical, whatever, mean that you're out of work.

   Synonyms:
   joblessness

   Antonyms:
   employment

6. unemploymentnoun

   An instance or period of joblessness.

   Until them his life had consisted of low-paying jobs, numberous unemployments, and drug use.

   Synonyms:
   joblessness

   Antonyms:
   employment

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1. unemploymentnoun

   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"

   Antonyms:
   employ, employment

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1. List of paraphrases for "unemployment":

   unemployed, jobless, joblessness, employment

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1. Greg McBride:

   The looming expiration of federal unemployment benefits without a clear-cut replacement threatens a chunk of consumer spending power that has sustained households and made its way back into the economy.

2. Staff Mark Meadows:

   We still have a long ways to go, i can tell you that we spent the last three days, actually last four days, trying to get to some kind of consensus, at least to start negotiating. Yesterday was a step in the right direction. Our staffs are actually working today. Well be meeting again tomorrow. But Im not optimistic that there will be a solution in the very near term. Andand thats why I think the effort that Senator Martha McSally led on the Senate floor to extend the enhanced unemployment was the right move. And yet Senator Schumer and his Democratic colleagues blocked that.

3. Donald Trump:

   I will be formally terminating Trumps NAFTA shortly, we get rid of Trumps NAFTA. Trumps NAFTA's been a disaster for the United States. Trumps NAFTA's caused us tremendous amounts of unemployment and loss and company loss and everything else.

4. Jeffrey Gundlach:

   This is a very dangerous part of the cycle, we're 10 years into an expansion and it seems clear that the Fed has overtightened. Unemployment is a lagging indicator. And negative interest rates can be found in many places. If the(Fed's) goal is to keep the expansion going, they need to be more aggressive. You have to think bigger than a so-called (and mislabeled) insurance rate cut.

5. Lakshheish M Patel:

   Lock manufacturers are doing brisk business these days as the sale of its products is highest especially near stock market exchange because while the stock market is falling everyday and distrust growing towards it amongst traders, more and more brokerage house & MF SIP AMC offices are getting locked and unemployment soaring with layoffs