joblessness

joblessness
a) The state of being jobless or unemployed.
b) The phenomenon of unemployment in an economy.

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  • joblessness — jobless job‧less 1 [ˈdʒɒbləs ǁ ˈdʒɑːb ] adjective without a job; = UNEMPLOYED: • 1000 jobless workers have still not received their cheques. • Britain s jobless total (= the number of people without a job ) rose to three million. joblessn …   Financial and business terms

  • joblessness — jobless ► ADJECTIVE ▪ without a paid job; unemployed. DERIVATIVES joblessness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • joblessness — noun see jobless …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • joblessness — See jobless. * * * …   Universalium

  • joblessness — n. being unemployed …   English contemporary dictionary

  • joblessness — job·less·ness …   English syllables

  • joblessness — noun see jobless …   Useful english dictionary

  • jobless — joblessness, n. /job lis/, adj. 1. without a job. 2. noting or pertaining to persons without jobs, esp. to those who are seeking employment. n. 3. (used with a pl. v.) unemployed people collectively, esp. those who are seeking a job (usually prec …   Universalium

  • jobless — ▪ I. jobless jobless 2 noun [plural] people without a job considered as a group: • The prospects for the country s jobless are not good.   [m0] ▪ II. jobless job‧less 1 [ˈdʒɒbləs ǁ ˈdʒɑːb ] adjective without a job; …   Financial and business terms

  • United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …   Universalium

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