structural unemployment

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struc′tural unemploy′ment, 

1. Economics, Government, Sociology unemployment caused by basic changes in the overall economy, as in demographics, technology, or industrial organization.

• 1960–65

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structural unemployment noun

1. unemployment resulting from changes in the structure of an industry as a result of changes in either technology or taste