"unemployment" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ʌn.ɪmˈplɔɪ.mənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unemployment.wav [UK] Forms: unemployment [singular], unemployments [plural]
Etymology: un- + employment Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|un|employment}} un- + employment Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Unemployment is the state of having no job.
    Sense id: simple-unemployment-en-noun-dxA9ICin
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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