Increase and Unemployment

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Increase noun - Something added (as by growth).

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Unemployment is an antonym for increase.

Unemployment noun - The state of being unemployed or not having a job.

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Increase is an antonym for unemployment in topics: economic decline, reversal of action.

Nearby Words: unemployed, unemployable

His administration was toppled by a dispute over a 0.25% increase of the unemployment insurance payments.

Source: Useful Notes / The Chancellors of Germany

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