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unemployment
noun as in depression
noun as in idleness
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noun as in inactivity
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noun as in inertness
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noun as in inoperativeness
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- dawdling
- dilly-dallying
- dormancy
- droning
- goof-off time
- hibernation
- idleness
- inactivity
- indolence
- inertia
- inertness
- joblessness
- laze
- lazing
- leisure
- lethargy
- loafing
- loitering
- otiosity
- own sweet time
- pottering
- shiftlessness
- sloth
- slothfulness
- slouch
- slowness
- sluggishness
- stagnation
- stupor
- time on one's hands
- time to burn
- time to kill
- time-wasting
- torpidity
- torpor
- trifling
- truancy
- vegetating
noun as in layoff
noun as in leisure
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noun as in recession
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Example Sentences
Sir Lenny argues that black British people are grossly over-represented in the prison population and that there are relatively higher levels of black unemployment "all because of the transatlantic slave trade".
Of all the disturbing trends I’ve been made unwitting witness to in the hyper-technological age, cheering for someone’s unemployment stands out as one of the most grotesquely cruel.
The youth-led protests began on 25 September, triggered by public anger over repeated water and power cuts and have since morphed into wider dissatisfaction over corruption and high unemployment.
“There’s bad, and even worse. Jared Golden and Paul LePage. Golden voted against unemployment benefits, child tax credits and more affordable healthcare,” an ad announcing Dunlap’s bid said.
GP unemployment is getting worse, he said, with five doctors applying for every GP training post, while patient demand for appointments continues to increase.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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