Someone who is unemployable does not have a job and is unlikely to get a job, because they do not have the skills or abilities that an employer might want.
He freely admits he is unemployable and will probably never find a job.
unemployable in British English
(ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪəbəl)
adjective
unable or unfit to keep a job
Derived forms
unemployability (ˌunemˌployaˈbility)
noun
unemployable in American English
(ˌʌnemˈplɔiəbəl)
adjective
1.
unsuitable for employment; unable to find or keep a job
noun
2.
an unemployable individual
Derived forms
unemployability
noun
Word origin
[1885–90; un-1 + employable]
Examples of 'unemployable' in a sentence
unemployable
It was a curious thing that so many were unemployable in anything other than what they were at presentdoing.
Lyall, Francis A DEATH IN TIME (2005)
Now, of course, he's unemployed - unemployable, has nothing to do but hang about thinking his own thoughts.
Hilton, John Buxton PASSION IN THE PEAK (2005)
I'm really dreading it, I feel unqualified for anything and distinctly unemployable.
Bénédicte Newland and Pascale Smets AND GOD CREATED THE AU PAIR (2005)