unusable
unusable adjective: not usable.
Adjective
unusable (comparative more unusable, superlative most unusable)
- Not usable.
- 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
Noun
unusable (plural unusables)
- 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
Examples of unusable in a sentence
- Your perfectly average name choice is not a tragedeigh or unusable.
- It's like a mix of german and english, but completely unusable.
- With $37 and a walletful of easily traced and therefore unusable credit and ATM cards.
Synonyms of unusable
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Forms of unusable
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more unusable |
| superlative | most unusable |
| alternative form | unuseable |
| Noun | |
| plural | unusables |
Origin of unusable
From un- + usable.
Words formed from unusable
Questions about unusable
- What does unusable mean?
- Unusable means not usable.
- What part of speech is unusable?
- Unusable can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near unusable in the dictionary
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