unemployment

Universal Words noun [U] 1 the fact of a number of people not having a job; the number of people without a job: an area of high unemployment * rising / falling rates of unemployment * measures to help reduce / tackle unemployment * a rise in both inflation and unemployment 2 the state of not having a job: Thousands of young people are facing long-term unemployment. * a study of male / female / black unemployment compareEMPLOYMENT