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
  • Alternatives are unavailable, and children would be sleeping outside if assistance runs out or is otherwise denied.
    Jason Clayworth, Axios, 5 Dec. 2024
  • However, one streaming service that Great American Family remains unavailable on is YouTube TV.
    Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 30 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • That also would mean that TikTok wouldn’t be able to send updates, security patches and bug fixes, and over time the app would likely become unusable — not to mention a security risk.
    Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Initially, city officials suggested that only corrupted, unusable data had been accessed.
    Lars Daniel, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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
  • Photo: Max Burkhalter The Brooklyn home of designer Ellen Van Dusen shows that even a nonfunctional fireplace can be on fire, figuratively speaking.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The shop has been closed since at least 2022 and the roasting business now appears dormant, its website nonfunctional.
    Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic, 16 Oct. 2024

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“Unemployable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unemployable. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.

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