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Unfirable vs Unhirable - What's the difference?

unfirable | unhirable |

As adjectives the difference between unfirable and unhirable

is that unfirable is incapable of being fired (in various senses) while unhirable is that cannot be hired; unsuitable for hiring.

As a noun unhirable is

one who cannot be hired; an unsuitable employee.

unfirable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Incapable of being fired (in various senses).
  • * 2007 , Phillip F. Schewe, The Grid
    • Moses was practically unfirable ; he was to government construction what J. Edgar Hoover had been to crime enforcement.
  • * 2010 , Richard Rouse III, Game Design: Theory and Practice, Second Edition
    • Once the ammunition is out for a mounted weapon, the weapon will be unfirable though the player may still “Use” the weapon.
  • * 2013 , Paolo Spagnoletti, Organizational Change and Information Systems
    • There is a combination of the condition values that is inconsistent and therefore the rule is unfirable .

    unhirable

    English

    Alternative forms

    * unhireable

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That cannot be hired; unsuitable for hiring.
    • After the candidate swore and picked his nose throughout the interview, we considered him unhirable .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who cannot be hired; an unsuitable employee.