unemployable

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ employable.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

unemployable (comparative more unemployable, superlative most unemployable)

  1. Not employable.

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Noun

unemployable (plural unemployables)

  1. A person who is not suited to employment.
    • 1976 August 28, David P. Brill, “Talking Politics”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 9, page 11:
      No longer are stereotypical gay men the sole victims of police entrapment. No longer are unwashed unemployables the only ones who would consider biting a cop during the course of an arrest. The solons and jurists of yesterday may well become the convicts of tomorrow.

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