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unusable en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + usable.

Meanings

  1. Not usable.
    • This service has suffered badly from Department for Transport-inspired cuts which reduced it from hourly to two-hourly. This, coupled with regular cancellations, has rendered the train service between the area's two biggest towns almost unusable. 2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 57:
    • The toilet was unusable because it was blocked.
    • From that night until mid-morning on Sunday, November 6, the station was unusable by any electric trains and the Brighton-Eastbourne service was maintained by steam traction, assisted by two Hastings six-car diesel muliple-units—[...]. 1961 January, “Talking of Trains: Flooding at Lewes”, in Trains Illustrated, page 5:

Forms

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more unusable Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most unusable Degree=Sup lexicographic
unuseable alternative lexicographic

Antonyms

usable

Deriveds

unusably · unusableness

Synonyms

nonusable

Translations (28)

hy անգործածելի (not usable) · gv neuobbree (not usable) · de unbenutzbar (not usable) · ru непригодный (not usable) · ia inusabile (not usable) · es inútil (not usable) · fi käyttökelvoton (not usable) · bg неизползваем (not usable) · fr inutilisable (not usable) · el ανεγχείρητος (not usable) · pl nieużywalny (not usable) · bg негоден (not usable) · nl onbruikbaar (not usable) · gv do-ymmydey (not usable) · nn ubrukbar (not usable) · es inutilizable (not usable) · es inservible (not usable) · ca inusable (not usable) · hu használhatatlan (not usable) · gv ass ymmyd (not usable) · sv obrukbar (not usable) · cs nepoužitelný (not usable) · ru неиспользуемый (not usable) · it inservibile (not usable) · nb ubrukbar (not usable) · ca inservible (not usable) · sv oanvändbar (not usable) · da ubrugelig (not usable)

unusable en · NOUN

Etymology

From un- + usable.

Meanings

  1. Something that is not fit for use.
    • All the fat, skin, bones and unusables from the slaughter house went to the soap factory, and got diverted to feed a company of soldiers. 2004, Frank Kolondra, Never a Straight Path, page 176:

Forms

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unuseable alternative lexicographic
unusables Number=Plur lexicographic