UNEMPLOYMENT in a Sentence

Learn UNEMPLOYMENT from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
74 example sentences for UNEMPLOYMENT, such as:
1. The government has cut unemployment benefit.
2. They will be entitled to receive unemployment benefit.
3. Her latest documentary is concerned with youth unemployment.
4. A fall in unemployment will help to restore consumer confidence.
5. Then he went out and took his place with the mob of the unemployed.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of UNEMPLOYMENT
unemployment
 n.  the state of being unemployed or not having a job
Classic Sentence:
1  Then he went out and took his place with the mob of the unemployed.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12
2  A full half of these were "fakes," put in by the endless variety of establishments which preyed upon the helpless ignorance of the unemployed.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20
3  So Jurgis trudged four or five miles, and passed through a waiting throng of unemployed at the gate under the escort of his friend.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20
4  Just about this time one of the Chicago newspapers, which made much of the "common people," opened a "free-soup kitchen" for the benefit of the unemployed.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 27
5  I first became acquainted with him on board a whale vessel; finding that he was unemployed in this city, I easily engaged him to assist in my enterprise.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Letter 2
6  When the latter was unemployed, he sometimes walked with us to show us the boats and ships, and once or twice he took us for a row.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3. I HAVE A CHANGE
7  No doubt in that perfect world there had been no unemployed problem, no social question left unsolved.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In X
8  Among these unemployed there are bores, the bored, dreamers, and some knaves.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER XII—M. BAMATABOIS'S INACTIVITY
Example Sentence: (66 in 5 pages)
1  Rising unemployment is posing serious problems for the administration.
2  Although unemployment rose last month, this is unlikely to dampen down wage demands.
3  The traditional approach has tended to regard unemployment and inflation as being inversely related.
4  It's no longer possible to argue that crime is unconnected with unemployment.
5  The shakeout in the labour market after Christmas usually makes January a bad month for unemployment.
6  The unemployment trap exists when an unemployed person on benefit would be worse off in a low-paid job.
7  The government has cut unemployment benefit.
8  The number of people claiming unemployment benefit has risen sharply this month.
9  The recession has resulted in an unavoidable increase in spending on unemployment benefit.
10  They will be entitled to receive unemployment benefit.
11  The country is an economic basket case with chronic unemployment and rampant crime.
12  Citizen discussion panels need to explore issues such as public transport, community care, or response to unemployment.
13  Her latest documentary is concerned with youth unemployment.
14  A fall in unemployment will help to restore consumer confidence.
15  Statistics paint a sobering picture — unemployment, tight credit, lower home values, sluggish job growth.