OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 640

unemployment

/ʌn.ɪmˈplɔɪ.mənt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
desempleo • paro
The state of having no job; joblessness.
In 1928, an arrangement was made between the Government of Northern Ireland and the N.C.C. for the construction of a loop line as an unemployment scheme.
Unemployment made Jack depressed.
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