Dictionary entry

Unemployment

Pronunciation: /ʌnɪmˈplɔɪm(ə)nt/

Pronunciation

/ʌnɪmˈplɔɪm(ə)nt/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) အလုပ်လက်မဲ့ လူဦးရေ။ အလုပ်လက်မဲ့ဖြစ်ခြင်း။

Definition

unemployment / ʌnÇm'plↄÇmǝnt / n [U] (က) အလုပ္လက္မဲ့ လူဦးေရ။ reduce unemployment (eg by creating new jobs) ❍ the rising level of unemployment ❍ the monthly unemployment figures. (ခ) အလုပ္လက္မဲ့ျဖစ္ျခင္း။ throughout the period of your unemployment. ❏ unemployment benefit ( US also unemployment compensation) n [U] အလုပ္လက္မဲ့ ေထာက္ပံ့ေၾကး။

Examples

  1. The community here has been devastated by poverty and unemployment.
  2. Unemployment rose last month to its highest level for over five years.
  3. [high/low unemployment] : A period of low unemployment and low inflation
  4. [unemployment rate/figures] : The unemployment rate fell to 4 per cent.