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unemployment definition

un·em·ploy·ment (-plo̵i′mənt)

noun

  1. the state of being unemployed; lack of employment
  2. the number or percentage of persons in the normal labor force who are out of work

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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