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—unemployability, n./un'em ploy"euh beuhl/, adj.1. unsuitable for employment; unable to find or keep a job.n.2. an unemployable individual.[1885-90; UN-1 + EMPLOYABLE]
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unemployable — un‧em‧ploy‧a‧ble [ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪəbl◂] adjective HUMAN RESOURCES not having the skills or qualities needed to get a job: • People over 40 can suddenly find themselves unemployable. opposite employable * * * unemployable UK US /ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪəbl/… … Financial and business terms
unemployable — [un΄em ploi′ə bəl] adj. not employable; specif., that cannot be employed because of severe physical or mental handicaps, outmoded skills, etc. n. an unemployable person … English World dictionary
unemployable — index impracticable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
unemployable — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not able or likely to get paid employment because of a lack of skills or qualifications … English terms dictionary
unemployable — [[t]ʌ̱nɪmplɔ͟ɪ͟əb(ə)l[/t]] ADJ Someone who is unemployable does not have a job and is unlikely to get a job, because they do not have the skills or abilities that an employer might want. He freely admits he is unemployable and will probably never … English dictionary
unemployable — adjective Date: 1887 not acceptable for employment • unemployability noun • unemployable noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
unemployable — un•em•ploy•a•ble [[t]ˌʌn ɛmˈplɔɪ ə bəl[/t]] adj. 1) unsuitable for employment; unable to keep a job 2) an unemployable individual … From formal English to slang
unemployable — adj. & n. adj. unfitted for paid employment. n. an unemployable person. Derivatives: unemployability n … Useful english dictionary
unemployable — adjective Not employable … Wiktionary
unemployable — Synonyms and related words: at leisure, at liberty, at loose ends, available, disengaged, fallow, free, functionless, idle, in disrepair, inapplicable, inoperable, inoperative, jobless, leisure, leisured, lumpen, nonfunctional, nonutilitarian,… … Moby Thesaurus
