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wait unemployment

wait unemployment noun: a form of frictional unemployment where a person deliberately remains unemployed, or takes work on a temporary basis, while waiting for an opportunity in their preferred sector.

Noun

wait unemployment (uncountable)

  1. A form of frictional unemployment where a person deliberately remains unemployed, or takes work on a temporary basis, while waiting for an opportunity in their preferred sector.

Questions about wait unemployment

What does wait unemployment mean?
Wait unemployment means a form of frictional unemployment where a person deliberately remains unemployed, or takes work on a temporary basis, while waiting for an opportunity in their preferred sector.
What part of speech is wait unemployment?
Wait unemployment is a noun.

Words near wait unemployment in the dictionary

  1. wait states
  2. wait tables
  3. wait till the clouds roll by
  4. wait time
  5. wait times
  6. wait unemployment
  7. wait up
  8. wait upon
  9. wait upon hand and foot
  10. wait'll
  11. wait-a-bit

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