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Recent Examples of unemployable
It was founded by a bunch of twentysomething slackers who were, by traditional metrics, unemployable anywhere else.
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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
The outcome may be both many unemployable graduates and a massive labor shortage.
—Allison Schrager, Twin Cities, 2 Dec. 2025
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.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2025
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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
The outcome may be both many unemployable graduates and a massive labor shortage.
—Allison Schrager, Twin Cities, 2 Dec. 2025
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.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unemployable
Adjective
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Topo Chico Mineral Water is unavailable in the United States until later this year, Coca-Cola, the brand’s owner, said in a statement.—
Suryatapa Chakraborty,
Dallas Morning News,
21 Feb. 2026
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The only unavailable Heat players on Friday were Terry Rozier (not with team), Vlad Goldin (G League) and Jahmir Young (G League).—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
21 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Sala says that lighter, softer items should go on top of the harder, heavier produce so things don’t get squashed (and rendered unusable).—
Caroline Lubinsky,
Martha Stewart,
22 Feb. 2026
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Batteries If they’re exposed to moisture, batteries can also corrode and become unusable or leak and create an unsafe mess.—
Lauren Landers,
The Spruce,
22 Feb. 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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One of the vendors whose contract with Cal OES is ending said that the agency has still not provided evidence that the existing regional Next Generation 911 system is unsafe or nonfunctional.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
18 Feb. 2026
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There wasn’t much else to do considering the Wi-Fi, now free for all Rapid Rewards members, was nonfunctional.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Unemployable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unemployable. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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