unemployable

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Recent Examples of unemployable 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 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 See All Example Sentences for unemployable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unemployable
Adjective
  • In 2023, more than 7 in 10 adults in the US who were prescribed stimulant ADHD medications had problems filling their prescriptions because the medications were unavailable, according to 2024 data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
    Dr. Jill Grimes, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Rice was unavailable for Friday’s game, serving the first game of his six-game league suspension for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The website is almost unusable.
    Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The process requires hundreds of delicate manual steps, and any contamination renders a dose unusable.
    Jennifer Kite-Powell, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Ultimately, the lethargic Soviet economy could not sustain Moscow’s imperial adventures and impracticable projects.
    S. C. M. Paine, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Few school districts will be able to afford costly litigation over opt-out rights or to divert resources to administering impracticable notice and opt-out systems for individual students.
    Stephen L. Carter, Mercury News, 8 July 2025
Adjective
  • 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, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Lutnick was about to fly to London for a round of trade negotiations with China, whose restrictions on the sale of rare-earth metals were threatening to render parts of the American economy nonfunctional.
    Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 21 July 2025

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“Unemployable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unemployable. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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