precarietà

precariousness

noun preh-kah-ryeh-TAH Rare

Also means

job insecurity

Usage Note

Precarietà is feminine and, like all nouns ending in -tà, is invariable in the plural. It describes a state of instability or insecurity — most commonly precarietà lavorativa (job insecurity), a major social and political theme in Italy where a large proportion of the workforce holds fixed-term contracts (contratti precari). The adjective is precario.

Examples

"La precarietà lavorativa colpisce molti giovani."

Natural Translation

Job insecurity affects many young people.

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