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frictional unemployment

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A type of unemployment explained by people being temporarily between jobs, searching for new ones; that is, because of inefficiencies in matching people to jobs and not because of a lack of available jobs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: economics, sciences

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Narrower terms: search unemployment, wait unemployment

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3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: kitkatyöttömyys — type of unemployment
  • French: chômage frictionnel — type of unemployment
  • Polish: bezrobocie płynne — type of unemployment