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marketable

adj.
B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˈmɑɹkətəbəɫ// UK //mˈɑːkɪtəbəl// mar·ketable

adj. easy to sell because people want to buy it. It also describes a person who has the right skills to get a good job.

adj. attractive to potential buyers or employers; having qualities that facilitate commercial sale or professional hire. Often used in business contexts to describe products, services, or human capital.


SIMPLE

She took a coding course to make herself more marketable.

CONTEXTUAL

The marketing team is looking for ways to make the new software more marketable to small business owners.

COMPLEX

While the artist's early work was considered too experimental for the mainstream, his later shift toward portraiture made his portfolio significantly more marketable to private collectors.

Synonyms
Usage

Typically used attributively before a noun or predicatively after a linking verb like 'become' or 'remain'.

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