employable
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Other Words from employable
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Synonyms & Antonyms for employable
Synonyms: Adjective
available, exploitable, fit, functional, operable, practicable, serviceable, usable (also useable), useful
Antonyms: Adjective
impracticable, inoperable, nonfunctional, unavailable, unemployable, unusable
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this wall map of the bay is for decoration only—it's not employable for actual navigationRecent Examples on the Web: Adjective
But with a few more years of experience, the program can still offer all the tools a student needs to be employable through an online offering that will use a rolling schedule. — William Thornton | [email protected], al, "Covalence “coding boot camp” resuming this fall, with added access," 1 Aug. 2019 Much of the public conversation around technology’s effect on American life is focused on the young, with questions about whether screen time is making kids and young adults anti-social, less employable, obese, sadder, dumber. — Christopher Ingraham, Washington Post, "Screen time is rising, reading is falling, and it’s not young people’s fault," 21 June 2019 Data released by the ministry of statistics and programme implementation in May showed that 7.8% of all employable urban youth are jobless, while the share in rural areas was 5.35%. — Niharika Sharma, Quartz India, "Modi government says India lost less than 400 industrial jobs in 2018," 23 July 2019 Green said a number of the patients who have had dental services have written to the clinics and said oral care played a role in their ability to be employable by correcting their speech or smiles. — Elizabeth Earl, Anchorage Daily News, "Providers await impacts of Medicaid cuts; dental services axed," 18 July 2019 Jefferson County Sheriff Mark Pettway on Monday announced a program aimed at making Jefferson County Jail inmates employable once they are released. — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al.com, "Jefferson County sheriff announces job training for jail inmates," 15 July 2019 Like his sister Katie, Kevin is following his passion to learn an employable skill with the help of professional mentors. — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, "‘Radically Inclusive’ project gives career training to young artists with autism," 30 June 2019 Minimum wage is the rate a business must pay anyone who is employable. — Letter Writers, Twin Cities, "Letters: Mayor’s column on trash collection could have been shorter," 13 June 2019 Interestingly, a lot of those professions are actually highly employable, too. — Eric Johnson, Recode, "Making things is now a global movement. But is the U.S. making enough?," 27 Aug. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'employable.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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