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unemployable

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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un·em·ploy·able /ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪəbəl◂/ adjective  BEnot having the skills or qualities needed to get a job 〔由于缺乏必要技能或素质〕不能被雇用的
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unemployableMr M. was about sixty now, completely unemployable.They really were rejects, zero contributors, the unlovely and the unemployable.Who was responsible for this pleasant girl being effectively unemployable?And should the universities churn out unemployable graduates?Lapsed priests remain priests, but tend to be unemployable in their clerical functions.What does resonate is the fantasy of being unemployable, of being an unmotivated object rather than a purposeful subject.The artist is unemployable - that is why he is free.
From Longman Business Dictionaryunemployableun‧em‧ploy‧a‧ble /ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪəbəl◂/ adjectiveHUMAN RESOURCES not having the skills or qualities needed to get a jobPeople over 40 can suddenly find themselves unemployable. opposite employable
Business not a job to Corpus qualities the having skills get needed or


unemployable
unemployable /ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪəbəl◂/ adjective
 Word Family: noun: employee, employer, employmentunemployment, unemployed, employ; adjective: employed ≠ unemployed, employableunemployable; verb: employ
not having the skills or qualities needed to get a job


un·employ·ableBrE /ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪəbl/ 🔊NAmE /ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪəbl/ 🔊 adjectivelacking the skills or qualities that you need to get a job 不宜雇用的(因缺乏所需技能或资质不足) OPP employable