Seen in the wild

From: LFS <laura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:00:56 +0100

I've just been reading a document that refers to "worklessness". I assumed it must be a new, politically correct coinage but to my surprise OED has citations from the late nineteenth century.

Is this a commonly used synonym for unemployment that I just happened to have missed so far? I think I would have noticed if the unemployed were being referred to as the workless.
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Laura
(emulate St. George for email)

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