Bible Dictionaries
Unemployment

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) Quality or state of being not employed; - used esp. in economics, of the condition of various social classes when temporarily thrown out of employment, as those engaged for short periods, those whose trade is decaying, and those least competent.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Unemployment'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​u/unemployment.html. 1828.