job´less|ness

job´less|ness
job|less «JOB lihs», adjective.
having no job; unemployed: »

Right after the war, many economists glumly predicted 8 million unemployed. The jobless ranks never rose to anywhere near that amount (Newsweek).

job´less|ness, noun.

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