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disoccupazione

unemployment

noun dee-zohk-koo-paht-TSYOH-neh Less Common

Origin: from 'dis-' + 'occupazione'

Usage Note

Disoccupazione is the social phenomenon and the benefit alike; an unemployed person is disoccupato. Being feminine and abstract, it almost never appears in the plural.

Examples

"La disoccupazione giovanile è alta."

Natural Translation

Youth unemployment is high.

Literal Translation

The unemployment youth is high.

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