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Retired vs Unemployment - What's the difference?

retired | unemployment |

As an adjective retired

is secluded from society (of a lifestyle, activity etc); private, quiet.

As a verb retired

is (retire).

As a noun unemployment is

the state of having no job; joblessness.

retired

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Secluded from society (of a lifestyle, activity etc.); private, quiet.
  • Of a place: far from civilisation, not able to be easily seen or accessed; secluded.
  • *1910 , , "The Saint and the Goblin", Reginald in Russia :
  • *:The little stone Saint occupied a retired niche in a side aisle of the old cathedral.
  • That has left employment (of a person), especially on reaching pensionable age.
  • The retired workers are a major expense due to their pensions.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (retire)
  • Anagrams

    * *

    unemployment

    English

    Noun

    (IPA: /?n.?m?pl??.m?nt /)
  • The state of having no job; joblessness.
  • Unemployment made Jack depressed.
  • The phenomenon of joblessness in an economy.
  • Unemployment has been considered a cause of crime.
  • The level of joblessness in an economy, often measured as a percentage of the workforce.
  • Unemployment was reported at 5.2% in May, up from 4.9% in April.
  • (countable) A type of joblessness due to a particular economic mechanism.
  • All unemployments , seasonal, frictional, cyclical, classical, whatever, mean that you're out of work.
  • (countable) An instance or period of joblessness.
  • Until them his life had consisted of low-paying jobs, numberous unemployments , and drug use.

    Synonyms

    * joblessness, worklessness, unwork

    Antonyms

    * employment