Disoccupation

Pronunciation varies by accent · noun

Meaning

Lack of occupation; The state of having nothing to occupy one's time; idleness..

Definitions by Sense

1. Lack of occupation; The state of having nothing to occupy one's time; idleness.
2. Synonym of unemployment.
3. The removal of the occupants of a place.
4. The process of ending a military occupation.
5. (art) The use of art to convert a space to one that reveals "emptiness", as opposed to one that is merely empty; the revelation of negative space by sculpture.

Example Sentences

Nay it is well if this diſoccupation of the intellect do not lead from ſloth to improper indulgences.

Mortification, mingled perhaps with the pain of a tardy repentance, and rendered more distressing by the sudden change from an active life to a life of solitary disocucupation, soon began to tell upon his health; and after several months of rigorous imprisonment, obtaining permission to go to the West Indies, he set out upon his voyage of exile, and was never heard of more.

At the Port station Frank was pleased and soothed by the tranquil air of the policeman, who sat in his shirt-sleeves outside the door, and seemed to announce, by his attitude of final disoccupation, that crimes and misdemeanors were no more.

Toward the end of The House of Mirth, Lily Bart attempts to locate a warm space populated by sympathetic people, and instead finds herself “stranded in a great waste of disoccupation.”

The following demands were made: An effective law protecting women, the election of women factory inspectors, old age government pensions going into effect at the age of 55, prevention of disoccupation by establishing the eight-hour day insurance against disoccupation, a minimum limit of wages, state and municipal public works for the unemployed, agricultural colonies, etc.

There are also the obligatory insurances for disoccupation and old age, with progressive percentages, the maximum rate of which is, however, always applied, in view of the rates of pay; that is, 4.20 lire monthly for disoccupation, and 12 lire for old age.

On the other hand, the disoccupied labor force represented 6.3% of the economically active population, or a total of 790.578 persons, dropping 13.7% compared to the disoccupation rate recorded in October of this same year; and a 26.1% drop compared to the disoccupation rate in November 2006.

Regarding the matter of the disoccupation of the land, on which point the plaintiff appealed, the court is of the opinion that the defendant cannot be dispossessed until the plaintiff has paid for the improvements, as provided for in the above mentioned article.

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