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the state of being unemployed or not having a job

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  1. n. the state of being unemployed or not having a job
  2. 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.
  3. Quality or state of being not employed; -- used esp. ineconomics, of the condition of various social classes whentemporarily thrown out of employment, as those engaged for shortperiods, those whose trade is decaying, and those least competent.
  4. n:100 n. the state of being unemployed or not having a job