unemployable

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Recent Examples of unemployable Veterans and senior issues are also areas where common ground is found frequently, as evidenced by the referral of Amendment G to the ballot to help unemployable veterans. The Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2024 Finding himself unemployable, Goldstine initiated legal action. Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Aug. 2024 An unemployable woman cannot help a loving husband put food on the table for those children. Pat Beall, Orlando Sentinel, 23 June 2024 That gain, it is argued, would justify the sacrifice of the minority who became unemployable. Larry Elder, Orange County Register, 5 Apr. 2024 See All Example Sentences for unemployable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unemployable
Adjective
  • At present, information regarding the extent of land burned and the size of the crew executing the prescribed fire is unavailable.
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  • Kingsley Coman, Aleksandar Pavlovic and Manuel Neuer were all unavailable against Inter, too, but all three have an outside chance of featuring next week.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Eventually, the battery becomes unusable and typically dies by its 2,000th charge cycle, even as its internal components remain in good shape.
    Troy Aidan Sambajon, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Apr. 2025
  • The once clear canals flowing into the Bay are now unusable by several residents’ standards.
    Courtney Heath, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 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
  • The United Nations reports that more than 60 percent of homes have been destroyed and 95 percent of hospitals are nonfunctional.
    Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2025
  • At least as of right now, the Audible app on her phone remains nonfunctional for reasons that are beyond me, but with luck—and a bit of ongoing care and maintenance for the server in the closet where this stuff all lives now—neither of us will ever have to deal with that app again.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 14 Mar. 2025

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“Unemployable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unemployable. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.

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