joblessness
Lacking gainful employment
Joblessness is the state of being without a job—unemployment.
The word emphasizes the condition itself rather than statistics: The psychological toll of joblessness extends beyond financial hardship.
It often appears in discussions of economic policy and social consequences: Rising joblessness threatens community stability.
Prolonged economic decline
- depressionProlonged low state
- downturnEconomic decline period
- collapseSudden structural failure
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
foreclosure · eviction · bankruptcy · debt · panic · bailout · stagnation · outsourcing
Mass job eliminations
- redundancyNeedless duplication
- furloughedGranted mandatory unpaid leave
- displacedShifted from proper location
- jobseekersPeople looking for work
unemployed · underemployment · applications · resumes · interviews · hirings · vacancies · overqualified
Severe lack of resources
- destitutionExtreme poverty, lacking necessities
- homelessnessLacking permanent residence
- struggleLabored effort against resistance
- deprivationState of lacking necessities
desperation · hopelessness · hunger · debt · insecurity · anxiety · shame · stigma
Weary disinterest from monotony
- inactivityLack of movement
- aimlessnessLack of direction
- restlessnessState of unease
- ennuiWeary, listless dissatisfaction
listlessness · apathy · unoccupied · purposelessness · stagnation · doldrums · waiting · frustration
recession
Prolonged economic decline
- depressionProlonged low state
- downturnEconomic decline period
- collapseSudden structural failure
austerity · foreclosure · eviction · bankruptcy · debt · panic · bailout · stagnation · outsourcing · offshoring
layoffs
Mass job eliminations
- redundancyNeedless duplication
- furloughedGranted mandatory unpaid leave
- displacedShifted from proper location
jobseekers · unemployed · underemployment · applications · resumes · interviews · hirings · vacancies · overqualified · workforce
poverty
Severe lack of resources
- destitutionExtreme poverty, lacking necessities
- homelessnessLacking permanent residence
- struggleLabored effort against resistance
deprivation · desperation · hopelessness · hunger · debt · insecurity · anxiety · shame · stigma · isolation
boredom
Weary disinterest from monotony
- inactivityLack of movement
- aimlessnessLack of direction
- restlessnessState of unease
ennui · listlessness · apathy · unoccupied · purposelessness · stagnation · doldrums · waiting · frustration · monotony
compensation
Payment for services rendered
- welfareComfort and prosperity
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- assistanceSupport or aid given
relief · allowance · payments · snap · dole · aid · entitlement · subsidies · coverage
- unemploymentunemployment, unemployed, unemployment rate, laid off, out of work
- hard timeshardship, struggle, struggling, unemployment, tough times
- money troublesdebt relief, bad debt, bankruptcy filing, paycheck to paycheck, struggling
- poverty factorsdeprivation, hardship, low income, low wages, inequality
- povertypoverty line, poor, poverty rate, impoverished, generational poverty
- social issuesinequality, racism, poverty, illiteracy, homelessness
joblessnessemployment
Paid occupation status
work · employment status · occupation · career · working
joblessnessfull employment
All willing workers employed
economic prosperity · labor shortage · job creation · hiring boom · economic boom