joblessness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English job Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English jobless Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English joblessness From jobless + -ness.
Meanings
- (uncountable) The state of being jobless or unemployed.
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(uncountable) The phenomenon or level of unemployment in an economy.
Even if it were working perfectly, the stimulus would not come close to stemming the cascade of joblessness unleashed by this megarecession.
2009 July 11, Bob Herbert, “The Human Equation”, in The New York Times:
Synonyms
unwork · unemployment · worklessness
Translations (5)
de Arbeitslosigkeit (unemployment) · it disoccupazione (unemployment) · pl bezrobocie (unemployment) · ka უმუშევრობა (unemployment) · fi työttömyys (unemployment)