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hireworthy en · ADJ

Etymology

From hire + -worthy.

Meanings

  1. Worthy of hire; employable.
    • Instead, once you hit the fifty-mile mark, you were no longer hireworthy or sexworthy. 2013, Miriam Auerbach, Dirty Harriet:
    • The volunteers and interns we note as hire-worthy are the ones who quickly show their outgoing, but appropriate personalities. 2013, Kirk G. Painter, P.T., Cert. MDT, So you want to be a therapist

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most hireworthy Degree=Sup lexicographic
more hireworthy Degree=Cmp lexicographic
hire-worthy alternative lexicographic