Meanings
nounfrictional unemployment (uncountable)
- uncountableeconomicsA 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.
Translations
Finnish kitkatyöttömyys
- kitkatyöttömyystype of unemployment
French chômage frictionnel
- chômage frictionneltype of unemployment
Polish bezrobocie płynne
- bezrobocie płynnetype of unemployment
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“frictional unemployment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frictional%20unemployment. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “frictional unemployment,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frictional%20unemployment.
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