UNEMPLOYABLE Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

unemployable

adjective

Definition of unemployable

as in unavailable

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Recent Examples of unemployable In response to a market-moving piece of dystopian fan fiction fearmongering about AI, Citadel Securities put out its own brief on the historical precedent for AI’s impact and the improbability that the technology will render humans unemployable any more than the typewriter or the internet did. — Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2026 Turn employed lawful immigrants who contribute billions in taxes into the legally unemployable. — Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 3 Feb. 2026 It was founded by a bunch of twentysomething slackers who were, by traditional metrics, unemployable anywhere else. — Scott Dikkers, Air Mail, 20 Dec. 2025 But then Markey began to have the usual doubts of an unemployable hack. — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 5 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unemployable

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Until that unused reservation is released, an empty parking space can coexist with a government website declaring the park unavailable.

— Jeffrey T. Donner, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2026
British Columbia Emergency Management Minister Kelly Greene said the state of emergency gives the province additional powers, including the ability to restrict travel and secure accommodations for evacuees that might otherwise be unavailable.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of unavailable

Adjective

Most of the web is unusable without an ad blocker, and Edge killing support for the best one will only make the experience worse.

— Chris Hoffman, PC Magazine, 12 Aug. 2026
The symbol of an institution that for decades has prepared many of Ukraine’s top public finance officials and ministers sat bomb-blasted and unusable.

— Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of unusable

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The Republican appointees said the legal protections apply only in formal immigration proceedings, and would be too impracticable and burdensome to apply at the border.

— Leah Litman, The Atlantic, 26 June 2026
Steer clear of impracticable, luxurious purchases that might tempt you.

— Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 8 May 2026

Definition of impracticable

Adjective

In most populations around the world, many of these genes have accumulated mutations over time that have left about 60 percent of them nonfunctional.

— Willow Zhang, Scientific American, 11 Aug. 2026
Amid three years of war, the WHO reported in April 2026 that 37% of Sudan’s health facilities were nonfunctional.

— Katrine L. Wallace, The Conversation, 29 July 2026

Definition of nonfunctional

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