as in joblessness
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of unemployment
In addition, his waves of federal job firings are jolting the unemployment rate.
—
Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
Others received Social Security or unemployment that went into the pot.
—David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2025
Moreover, the confluence of conditions - low unemployment, above-trend economic growth, consumers still eager to spend, and businesses newly conditioned to raise prices - could produce different outcomes than in Trump's first term.
—Howard Schneider, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
Driving the news: The overall U.S. unemployment rate was 4.2% as of Q3 2024, but the rate among Black Americans was 6.5%, per the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank.
—Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 12 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unemployment
Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
Others received Social Security or unemployment that went into the pot.
—David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2025
Moreover, the confluence of conditions - low unemployment, above-trend economic growth, consumers still eager to spend, and businesses newly conditioned to raise prices - could produce different outcomes than in Trump's first term.
—Howard Schneider, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
Driving the news: The overall U.S. unemployment rate was 4.2% as of Q3 2024, but the rate among Black Americans was 6.5%, per the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank.
—Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 12 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unemployment
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unemployment
Noun
-
The initial Russian campaign represents completely irrational force employment and, in many cases, frankly, nonemployment.—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
11 Mar. 2022
-
The nonemployment crisis of the 2010s and the opioid crisis of the 2010s weren’t completely separate.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
4 Dec. 2020
Noun
-
The abruptness of their removal from the facility, however, shouldn’t be mistaken for a broader lack of planning.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
The New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2025
-
Phase two of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas broadly calls for the end of all hostilities, the terrorist group’s permanent removal from governing Gaza, and the release of all remaining living Israeli hostages by Hamas.—
Asher Notheis,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
23 Feb. 2025
Noun
-
The Houston Chronicle reported that NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston has informed employees still in their probationary period to prepare for dismissal.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
19 Feb. 2025
-
Danielle Sassoon, Manhattan’s top federal prosecutor, resigned in refusal to carry out the Justice Department’s directive to file the dismissal.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Unemployment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unemployment. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share