Synonyms for unemployment
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : uhn-em-ploi-muh nt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌʌn ɛmˈplɔɪ mənt |
Top 10 synonyms for unemployment Other synonyms for the word unemployment
- bad times
- bear market
- big trouble
- bottom out
- bottom-out
- bust
- chance
- crash
- crisis
- dawdling
- depression
- dilly-dallying
- discharge
- dislocation
- dormancy
- droning
- drop
- early retirement
- ease
- failure
- freedom
- goof-off time
- hibernation
- holiday
- idle hours
- idleness
- inactivity
- indolence
- inertia
- inertness
- inoperativeness
- intermission
- joblessness
- laze
- lazing
- leave of absence
- leisure
- liberty
- loafing
- loitering
- one's own sweet time
- opportunity
- otiosity
- overproduction
- own sweet time
- panic
- paralysis
- pause
- pottering
- quiet
- rainy days
- range
- recess
- recession
- recreation
- relaxation
- repose
- requiescence
- respite
- rest
- retirement
- retrenchment
- sabbatical
- sag
- scope
- shakeout
- shiftlessness
- slide
- sloth
- slothfulness
- slouch
- slowness
- sluggishness
- slump
- spare moments
- spare time
- stagflation
- stagnation
- stupor
- time
- time off
- time on one's hands
- time to burn
- time to kill
- time-wasting
- torpidity
- torpor
- trifling
- truancy
- unemployment
- vacant hour
- vacation
- vegetating
Définition of unemployment
Origin :- 1888, from un- (1) "not" + employment.
- As in layoff : noun dismissal from job or responsibility
- As in leisure : noun free time and its activities
- As in recession : noun reversal of action; reduction of business activity
- As in inactivity : noun inaction
- As in inertness : noun inaction
- As in inoperativeness : noun inaction
- As in depression : noun economic decline
- As in idleness : noun laziness, inaction
- The best results were obtained in the sphere of unemployment.
- Extract from : « The World in Chains » by John Mavrogordato
- The most radical provision of the new bill is that which deals with unemployment.
- Extract from : « Socialism As It Is » by William English Walling
- We hear of the prevention of unemployment, the removal of the bugbear of "losing the job."
- Extract from : « The Psychology of Nations » by G.E. Partridge
- The special and solid result of the reign of the employers has been—unemployment.
- Extract from : « A Miscellany of Men » by G. K. Chesterton
- The unemployment problem will be dealt with by the State, and dealt with so that there will be no unemployment problem.
- Extract from : « Woman » by William J. Robinson
- One was treated as if one was a sort of unemployment bureau.
- Extract from : « Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 » by Sir Stanley Maude
- Unemployment is caused by the exactions of the capitalist class.
- Extract from : « British Socialism » by J. Ellis Barker
- Yet the labour market is as over-stocked, and unemployment and poverty are as great, as ever.
- Extract from : « British Socialism » by J. Ellis Barker
- For him a short spell of unemployment means starvation and despair.
- Extract from : « British Socialism » by J. Ellis Barker
- Thus the relation of vagrancy to unemployment is amply demonstrated.
- Extract from : « Glimpses into the Abyss » by Mary Higgs
Antonyms for unemployment
- action
- activity
- advance
- ambition
- bulge
- busyness
- calm
- cheerfulness
- continuation
- convexity
- difficulty
- diligence
- employment
- encouragement
- energy
- happiness
- hiring
- hope
- hopefulness
- hustle
- imprisonment
- incarceration
- increase
- industry
- labor
- life
- liveliness
- occupation
- protuberance
- recovery
- restraint
- restriction
- rise
- success
- surge
- vigor
- work
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