as in useless
not capable of being put to use or account
a completely unusable gadget that's just taking up space in the drawer
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Recent Examples of unusable
House Bill 93 would assist a maximum of 10,000 of Idaho’s 300,000 K-12 students and be unusable for many rural students without private school options in their area, opponents pointed out.
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Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 19 Feb. 2025
One person familiar with the operation said that Camp 6 is in disrepair, with broken showers and doors and other faulty equipment that make parts of it unusable.
—Carol Rosenberg, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Eventually, the battery becomes unusable and typically dies by its 2,000th charge cycle, even as its internal components remain in good shape.
—Troy Aidan Sambajon, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Apr. 2025
The once clear canals flowing into the Bay are now unusable by several residents’ standards.
—Courtney Heath, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2025
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Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 19 Feb. 2025
One person familiar with the operation said that Camp 6 is in disrepair, with broken showers and doors and other faulty equipment that make parts of it unusable.
—Carol Rosenberg, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Eventually, the battery becomes unusable and typically dies by its 2,000th charge cycle, even as its internal components remain in good shape.
—Troy Aidan Sambajon, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Apr. 2025
The once clear canals flowing into the Bay are now unusable by several residents’ standards.
—Courtney Heath, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unusable
Adjective
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For most of us, our inbox goals are the same: minimize useless spam, file away messages that don’t require your attention right away, and bring urgent items to the forefront.—
Aytekin Tank,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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His devastating splitter would be useless without first establishing everything else in the strike zone.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Tapping into the endowment may be impractical for several reasons, including that some of it is legally restricted, but also because some of the unrestricted money is tied up in illiquid assets, such as in hedge funds, private equity and real estate that can’t be easily sold.—
Kara Scannell,
CNN Money,
18 Apr. 2025
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Blockchain might revolutionize insurance claim processing while proving impractical for emergency communications.—
Chloe Demrovsky,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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If the new wells prove unsuitable for city use, the city has a contingency plan designed for rehabilitation.—
Kyle Martin,
The Mercury News,
25 Mar. 2025
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Until now, scientists have generally thought that planets orbiting white dwarfs would be unsuitable for life because the dynamic temperature decrease of their dead parent star makes their atmospheres too unstable.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Unusable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unusable. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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