Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Not acceptable for employment as a worker: Describes a person who lacks the necessary skills, qualifications, health, or characteristics to be considered suitable for hiring by an employer.

Usage

The adjective "unemployable" is used to describe a person's status in the job market. It is a strong term indicating a fundamental lack of employability, often due to a permanent or long-term deficiency. It is typically used in formal, economic, or sociological contexts.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • Without basic computer skills, he feared he was becoming unemployable in the modern economy.
  • The report argued that the outdated training program was producing unemployable graduates.
  • A severe, untreated mental health condition can render someone unemployable.

Advanced Usage

• Used as a countable noun: In some contexts, "unemployable" can be used as a noun to refer to a person who is unemployable.
  • The new policy aims to provide training for the long-term unemployed and the unemployables.

Variants and Related Words

• Unemployability (n): The state or condition of being unemployable.
  • Chronic absenteeism can lead to unemployability.

Synonyms

• Unhireable: Not suitable to be hired. (Note: Less common than "unemployable").
• Unfit for work: Lacking the required capacity or health for employment.

Antonyms

• Employable: Fit or suitable for employment.
• Hireable: Suitable to be hired.

Adjective

1. not acceptable for employment as a worker
   • his illiteracy made him unemployable