unusable en · ADJ
Etymology
From un- + usable.
Meanings
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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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more unusable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most unusable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| unuseable | alternative | lexicographic |
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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)