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Recent Examples of unemployable
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
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
Here's what to know about each measure: Amendment G: This would extend the current homestead property tax exemption for veterans with disabilities to those designated as unemployable, or TDIU as the Department of Veterans Affairs calls it.
—John Frank, Axios, 16 Oct. 2024
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Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 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
Here's what to know about each measure: Amendment G: This would extend the current homestead property tax exemption for veterans with disabilities to those designated as unemployable, or TDIU as the Department of Veterans Affairs calls it.
—John Frank, Axios, 16 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unemployable
Adjective
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The fact that three members of their regular defensive unit — who had helped Forest to keep 13 clean sheets last season — were unavailable did not help their cause.—
Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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When Vangelis, too, was unavailable, Puttnam turned to Casablanca Records head Neil Bogart for help; Casablanca’s film division was behind the production of the movie.—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
7 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Here are examples of what to avoid in winter, including the number one item that could turn your black gold into a stinky, unusable mess.—
Barbara Gillette,
The Spruce,
1 Feb. 2026
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Furthermore, Brown said, as the permafrost melts, Greenland’s ground will likely shift, making things like roads and runways buckled and unusable.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Sanders’ proclamations state that conducting an election to meet that requirement was both impracticable and unduly burdensome, without further explaining her reasoning.—
John Lynch,
Arkansas Online,
22 Oct. 2025
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One is a single state with equal rights for Palestinians and Jews, which would be wonderful but is simply impracticable given attitudes on both sides.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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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,
10 Jan. 2026
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Much of it eventually became nonfunctional.—
Matt Randolph,
Forbes.com,
5 Jan. 2026
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“Unemployable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unemployable. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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