Grade 5

unemployment

(un-em-ploy-ment) 4 syllables

Definition


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

Example Sentence

That state has a high unemployment rate.

Antonyms

employment; employ

Rhymes

  • deployment
  • employment
  • enjoyment

  • redeployment
  • reemployment
  • unemployment

  • underemployment