Definition of employablenext
as in useful
capable of or suitable for being used for a particular purpose this wall map of the bay is for decoration only—it's not employable for actual navigation

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Recent Examples of employable The nonprofit works to solve the challenges of education, job training and developing the skills for workers to be employable. — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 21 Jan. 2026 All our efforts are targeted to enable students to become employable. — Vimal Kapur, Fortune, 12 Nov. 2025 These individuals are young, highly skilled, and employable by definition. — Ben Zweig, Time, 23 Oct. 2025 As well as job displacement, AI risks deepening wealth inequality—concentrating the gains among those who own or are able to leverage its abilities, while throwing the remainder into the same basket of the formerly employable unemployed. — Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for employable
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Adjective
  • Evidence remains mixed, and dreams could also be an experiential by-product of useful sleeping-brain activity, rather than an adaptation with its own job description.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Nov. 2026
  • However, many of them still have enough capacity to remain useful for several more years.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2026
Adjective
  • The House Republican Organization, the GOP caucus’ main campaign arm, had only about $239,400 available through the same period.
    — Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026
  • For families Some room types offer additional space with pull-out sofas or room for a pack and play (available upon request).
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Nov. 2026

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“Employable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/employable. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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