unemployment
Lacking paid labor
Unemployment is the state of being without a job while actively seeking work.
The term also refers to the broader economic condition: Unemployment rose during the recession.
In casual use, unemployment often means unemployment benefits—government payments to workers who've lost their jobs: She's collecting unemployment, filing for unemployment.
Comfort and prosperity
- allowanceFixed periodic payment
- compensationPayment for services rendered
- subsidyFinancial assistance from government
- severanceTermination pay or disconnection
dole · SNAP · retraining
Prolonged economic decline
- downturnEconomic decline period
- depressionProlonged low state
- stagnationAbsence of flow or progress
- slowdownReduction in pace
layoffs · outsourcing · automation · offshoring · deindustrialization · austerity · globalization
Labored effort against resistance
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- desperationUtter loss of hope
- hopelessnessState without hope
uncertainty · depression · isolation · stigma · shame · alienation · exclusion · vulnerability
Lacking paid employment
- out-of-workWithout a job
- laid-offTerminated from employment
- redundantExceeding what's needed
- dismissedReleased from duty
furloughed · underemployed · displaced · terminated · downsized · retrenched
Money owed another
- homelessnessLacking permanent residence
- evictionForced departure from rental
- bankruptcyLegal status when insolvent
- foreclosureLender seizes mortgaged property
welfare
Comfort and prosperity
- allowanceFixed periodic payment
- compensationPayment for services rendered
- subsidyFinancial assistance from government
severance · dole · SNAP · retraining
recession
Prolonged economic decline
- downturnEconomic decline period
- depressionProlonged low state
- stagnationAbsence of flow or progress
slowdown · layoffs · outsourcing · automation · offshoring · deindustrialization · austerity · globalization
struggle
Labored effort against resistance
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- desperationUtter loss of hope
hopelessness · uncertainty · depression · isolation · stigma · shame · alienation · exclusion · vulnerability · helplessness
jobless
Lacking paid employment
- out-of-workWithout a job
- laid-offTerminated from employment
- redundantExceeding what's needed
dismissed · furloughed · underemployed · displaced · terminated · downsized · retrenched
debt
Money owed another
- homelessnessLacking permanent residence
- evictionForced departure from rental
- bankruptcyLegal status when insolvent
layoffs
Mass job eliminations
- employmentjob, jobs, career, careers, interview
- economicssupply and demand, inflation, GDP, GNP, gross domestic product
- hard timeshardship, struggle, struggling, tough times, joblessness
- career breakssabbatical, maternity leave, paternity leave, parental leave, gap year
- economic problemsmarket failure, recession, inflation, deflation, stagflation
- government benefitsfood stamps, Social Security, disability benefits, public assistance, veterans benefits
unemploymentemployment
Paid occupation status
work · job · employ · occupation · hired
unemploymentfull employment
All willing workers employed
labor shortage · job creation · hiring boom · job growth · economic boom
- unemployment benefitsState aid for jobless workers
- unemployment insuranceBenefits for displaced workers
- unemployment ratePercentage without jobs seeking work
- unemployment officeAgency assisting jobless workers
- unemployment crisisSevere widespread lack of work
- unemployment claimRequest for jobless benefits
unemployment benefits, unemployment insurance, unemployment benefit