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un·em·ploy·a·ble

(ŭn′ĕm-ploi′ə-bəl, -ĭm-)

adj.

Not able to find or hold a job: unemployable people.

un′em·ploy′a·ble n.

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unemployable

(ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪəbəl)

adj

(Industrial Relations & HR Terms) unable or unfit to keep a job

ˌunemˌployaˈbility n

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un•em•ploy•a•ble

(ˌʌn ɛmˈplɔɪ ə bəl)

adj.

1. unsuitable for employment; unable to keep a job.

2. an unemployable individual.

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Adj.

unemployable - not acceptable for employment as a worker; "his illiteracy made him unemployable"

employable - physically and mentally capable of working at a regular job and available

Translations

non impiegabile

unemployable

[ˈʌnɪmˈplɔɪəbl] ADJ → inútil para el trabajo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

unemployable

[ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪəb^əl] adj → inemployable

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

unemployable

adj person → als Arbeitskraft nicht brauchbar; (because of illness) → arbeitsunfähig

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

unemployable

[ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪəbl] adj → non adatto/a a nessun lavoro

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