pitkäaikaistyötön
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]pitkäaikais- (“long-term”) + työtön (“unemployed”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈpitkæˌɑi̯kɑi̯sˌtyø̯tøn/, [ˈpit̪k̟æˌɑ̝i̯kɑ̝i̯s̠ˌtyø̞̯t̪ø̞n]
- Rhymes: -yøtøn
- Hyphenation(key): pitkä‧aikais‧työtön
Noun
[edit]pitkäaikaistyötön
- long-term unemployed (person who has been unemployed for an elongated period of time)
Usage notes
[edit]- The definition of "long term" in this context varies. One year is commonly used in statistics.
- This word may also be used as an uncomparable adjective.
Declension
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “pitkäaikaistyötön”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03