unemployment

English Thesaurus

1. the state of being unemployed or not having a job (noun.state)

hypernym	:	state,
definition	:	the way something is with respect to its main attributes (noun.tops)

antonym	:	employ, employment,
definition	:	the state of being employed or having a job (noun.state)

antonym	:	employ, employment,
definition	:	the state of being employed or having a job (noun.state)