unemployable
adjective
un·em·ploy·able
ˌən-im-ˈplȯi-ə-bəl 
: not acceptable for employment
unemployable
noun
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His drug addiction has made him unemployable.
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Lower than proletariat workers, the lumpenproletariat includes the indigent and the unemployable, those cast out of the workforce with no recourse, or those who can’t enter it in the first place, such as young workers in times of economic depression.
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Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2025
Becoming city clerk has always been a good career move for bust-out, otherwise unemployable city councilors.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 25 June 2025
The report concluded that there are 119,000 young people in Connecticut who have either dropped out of school or are in danger of dropping out of school, and who are, for those ages 18 to 26, unemployed and in many cases, currently unemployable.
—Larry Covino, Hartford Courant, 20 Mar. 2025
Freedman warned Mizuhara will face greater shame in Japan and be unemployable.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 Feb. 2025
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Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2025
Becoming city clerk has always been a good career move for bust-out, otherwise unemployable city councilors.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 25 June 2025
The report concluded that there are 119,000 young people in Connecticut who have either dropped out of school or are in danger of dropping out of school, and who are, for those ages 18 to 26, unemployed and in many cases, currently unemployable.
—Larry Covino, Hartford Courant, 20 Mar. 2025
Freedman warned Mizuhara will face greater shame in Japan and be unemployable.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 Feb. 2025
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“Unemployable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unemployable. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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unemployable
adjective
un·em·ploy·able
ˌən-im-ˈplȯi-ə-bəl
: not capable of being employed
especially
: not capable of holding a job
unemployable
noun
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