unemployment Synonyms

joblessness worklessness inoperativeness early retirement downturn deflation unemployed person leave of absence layoff jobless sluggishness unwork loss of work shakeout timewasting lack of employment employment reduction employment deprivation decrease in employment decline in employment economic decline rainy days vacant hour job losses unemployed people unemployed stagnation slump inactivity idleness hibernation employment dormancy dole disuse dismissal depression decline benefit indolence inertness sacking sabbatical retrenchment rest redundancy redundance recession paralysis loitering