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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