unemployable

[uhn-em-ploi-uh-buh l]

adjective

unsuitable for employment; unable to find or keep a job.

noun

an unemployable individual.

Origin of unemployable

First recorded in 1885–90; un-¹ + employable

Related formsun·em·ploy·a·bil·i·ty, noun

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Examples from the Web for unemployable

Contemporary Examples of unemployable

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Historical Examples of unemployable

The oligarch can be unemployable, because he will not be employed.
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G. K. Chesterton
He thus passes from the unemployed state to the unemployable state.
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George Haw
Every one suffers, every one has to pay for the maintenance of the Unemployable.
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Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
It is impossible to condemn this second class of Unemployable.
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One thousand dollars invested in salvaging an unemployable youth today can return $40,000 or more in his lifetime.
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British Dictionary definitions for unemployable

unemployable

adjective

unable or unfit to keep a job

Derived Formsunemployability, noun

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