different between disemployment vs unemployment

English

Etymology

dis- +? employment

Noun

disemployment (uncountable)

1. The state of being disemployed, or deprived of employment.
   • 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living

     this glut of leisure and disemployment

English

Etymology

un- +? employment

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n.?m?pl??.m?nt/

Noun

unemployment (countable and uncountable, plural unemployments)

1. The state of having no job; joblessness.

   Unemployment made Jack depressed.

2. The phenomenon of joblessness in an economy.

   Unemployment has been considered a cause of crime.

3. The level of joblessness in an economy, often measured as a percentage of the workforce.

   Unemployment was reported at 5.2% in May, up from 4.9% in April.

4. (countable) A type of joblessness due to a particular economic mechanism.

   All unemployments, seasonal, frictional, cyclical, classical, whatever, mean that you're out of work.

5. (countable) An instance or period of joblessness.

   Until then his life had consisted of low-paying jobs, numberous unemployments, and drug use.

Synonyms

• joblessness, worklessness, unwork

Antonyms

• employment

Derived terms

Related terms

• unemployed

Translations

Further reading

• "unemployment" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 325.