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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
He concluded by saying that his legacy included reducing hunger, lowering unemployment, and the incomes of the working classes growing.
But it's only now that the movement has really taken off - as the country continues to grapple with high inequality and unemployment.
Youth unemployment has been a major driver of protests in this young country where the median average age is less than 16.
Prolonged petrol shortages, along with regular power cuts, the rising cost of living, hunger, poverty, inequality and youth unemployment, add to the tangible frustration here.
And on Thursday, the Labor Department reported a jump in weekly unemployment filings to 263,000 - the highest level in nearly four years.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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