employable

adjective

im-ˈplȯi-ə-bəl How to pronounce employable (audio)
Definition of employablenext
as in useful
capable of or suitable for being used for a particular purpose this wall map of the bay is for decoration only—it's not employable for actual navigation

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Recent Examples of employable The nonprofit works to solve the challenges of education, job training and developing the skills for workers to be employable. — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 21 Jan. 2026 All our efforts are targeted to enable students to become employable. — Vimal Kapur, Fortune, 12 Nov. 2025 These individuals are young, highly skilled, and employable by definition. — Ben Zweig, Time, 23 Oct. 2025 As well as job displacement, AI risks deepening wealth inequality—concentrating the gains among those who own or are able to leverage its abilities, while throwing the remainder into the same basket of the formerly employable unemployed. — Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for employable
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  1. useful
  2. available
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  • Leave room for edits, and let useful surprises show you the smarter way forward.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The technology could be particularly useful for critical minerals because deposits can be difficult to identify from surface observations alone.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of useful
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  • Perfumer Jérôme Epinette added two more scents — Embrace, and D’lish — to join the already available Thrill, Splash, Crush, Sweet, and Vibe.
    — Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 2026
  • More than 200 titles will launch with Indonesian dubbing, with a wider slate available in Indonesian subtitles.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of available

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“Employable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/employable. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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