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Recent Examples of unemployable
Many of these people struggle with mental illness and are unemployable, according to Osten, who represents several poor rural communities in New London County.
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Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 2 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
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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Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 2 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
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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Wilson then got a voicemail about the item being unavailable, and that Dan had already left the store.—
Lexi Lane,
PEOPLE,
4 Apr. 2026
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The approach targets environments where satellite signals are weak or unavailable, such as tunnels, dense cities, forests, or conflict zones.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Access to software updates or features can be expensive, limited, or revoked, leaving devices that are still in perfect physical condition unusable or not worth the subscription cost.—
Jasna Hodžić,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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The stove was missing burners and appeared to be unusable.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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In court filings, the agency argued that changing testing protocols was unnecessary and impracticable.—
Christopher Osher,
ProPublica,
29 Jan. 2026
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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
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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Several local law enforcement agencies, including the Parker Police Department and Aurora Police Department, reported issues during the height of the afternoon power outages, including nonfunctional emergency phone lines and dark traffic lights.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Unemployable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unemployable. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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