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Unemployment
Pronunciation : Un`em*ploy"ment
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: Quality or state of being not employed; -- used esp. in economics, of the condition of various social classes when temporarily thrown out of employment, as those engaged for short periods, those whose trade is decaying, and those least competent.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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