Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not able to find or hold a job.
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- adjective Not
employable
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- adjective not acceptable for employment as a worker
Etymologies
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Examples
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The AFL great will return to football as an expert for Channel Ten, two years after a Miami arrest saw him labelled unemployable, the Herald Sun reports.
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Too many people are becoming long-term unemployable, and what we need to do is try and move them back into the labor force.
Crooks and Liars Heather 2010
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The AFL great will return to football as an expert for Channel Ten, two years after a Miami arrest saw him labelled unemployable, the Herald Sun reports.
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But it keeps bankers off the streets, so we're helping the long-term unemployable .
Archive 2009-01-01 Dungeekin 2009
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They were rendered unemployable, which is why my family moved to England when I was a boy.
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They were rendered unemployable, which is why my family moved to England when I was a boy.
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These are called unemployable in the latest statistics.
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These are called unemployable in the latest statistics.
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These are called unemployable in the latest statistics.
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It appears that welfare clients, people who are traditionally classified as unemployable for various reasons, are being included in such programs with the intension of "bettering" the long-term unemployment statistics.
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