unemployable

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Recent Examples of unemployable That gain, it is argued, would justify the sacrifice of the minority who became unemployable. Larry Elder, Orange County Register, 5 Apr. 2024 Minimum wage makes many of the least productive and most disadvantaged workers unemployable. Matthew Lau, National Review, 31 May 2023 Finding himself unemployable, Goldstine initiated a legal proceeding and in January 2020 won an arbitration award believed to be in the ballpark of $20 million. Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Apr. 2023 Jurors seated for such a long and life-disrupting stint are likely to be unemployed, unemployable, retired, or laborers for large corporations that will pay them during their absence, say experts. Bill Hochberg, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2023 See all Example Sentences for unemployable 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unemployable
Adjective
  • Message attachments will be removed, web pages will not display as normal, some calls will be blocked, some photo albums will be unavailable, some wireless connections will be disabled, and some accessories will stop working.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
  • FedEx pickup and delivery services will also be unavailable and locations will also be closed, according to the company's website.
    Cailey Gleeson, Journal Sentinel, 31 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The insurance typically covers personal belongings and a unit’s interior and provides benefits such as living expenses if a condo becomes unusable.
    Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Instead, the law would penalize internet providers and companies with App stores like Apple and Google for continuing to make updates available, The New York Times reported, so the app would degrade over time and become unusable.
    Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The plan’s 10-year phase-in period, which was intended to lower costs and make implementation more feasible, was criticized as impracticable.
    Gabrielle M. Etzel, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 July 2024
  • Contractual force majeure is rarely invoked and enforced to allow the nonperformance of contracts that have become either impossible or impracticable due to some catastrophic event, including natural disasters and wars.
    Alexander Talel, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2023
Adjective
  • When heading out to look for lamps, take a lightbulb along to test them in-store, but also consider rewiring nonfunctional pieces.
    Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Space junk consists of nonfunctional satellites, spent rocket stages, and fragments resulting from satellite collisions and explosions.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024

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“Unemployable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unemployable. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.

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