unemployable
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5.1
- adjective
- /ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪəbl/
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desempleable
- His lack of experience in the industry made him seem unemployable to potential employers.
- virtually unemployable
- become unemployable
- render themselves unemployable
What if you're unemployable or incurably lazy?
- What if you're unemployable or incurably lazy?
- And so they either need to just keep going or they're unemployable, Right.
- I feel like the post office employs the most unemployable people.
Examples
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Many skilled workers fear they could become unemployable if they do not keep their skills updated.
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Maybe I'm just unemployable.
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Or to those who are unemployable anywhere else.
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If you said to yourself, well, what would make you unemployable in Hollywood?
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If that level is below what a smart machine can do, that individual is unemployable.
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If you have been out of work for a long period of time, you are considered unemployable.
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A third of our parliamentarians are unemployable, you know, just like, you know, where do we find them?
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I worry that at this point I am unemployable in my profession, even should we relocate.
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I'm currently unemployable.
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Otherwise, you're left with a permanent underclass of individuals who are structurally unemployable.
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Synonyms
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4.9
Not able to do a job or task well
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4.0
Not having the needed skill or legal right to do a job
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2.9
Having no ability or training to do something well
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4.7
Does not have enough skills, experience, or education for a job
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4.6
Not having the tools or skills needed for a task
Not suitable for a particular job or use
Not trained and not able to do a particular job
Antonyms
How Employable
Surface Forms
Morphology
unemployable = employable (transparent) = un + employ + able
Formed by attaching the productive negative prefix 'un-' to the adjective 'employable' (employ + -able), so the meaning is directly 'not able to be employed'.
Etymology
Unemployable comes from the parts un- meaning 'not', employ meaning 'to give work', and -able meaning 'able'. So unemployable literally means 'not able to be given work', which fits how we use it for people who do not have the skills or fit for jobs.