usable
or use·a·ble
[yoo-zuh-buh l]
adjective
Origin of usable
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Related Words for unusable
worthless, impractical, unavailable, expendable, inoperative, unworkable, meaningless, unprofitable, idle, ineffective, futile, unproductive, pointless, unattainable, useless, inoperable, abortive, bootless, disadvantageous, dysfunctionalExamples from the Web for unusable
Contemporary Examples of unusable
New Jersey Transit has also been affected, with major stations and termini along the coast flooded and unusable.
Historical Examples of unusable
She is ballasted with utilities; not altogether with unusable pig-lead and kentledge.
Moby Dick; or The WhaleHerman Melville
The second part of this definition is, of course, unusable for beginners.
The Teaching of GeometryDavid Eugene Smith
One can hardly say that any combination of notes is unusable.
There is so little chance to wash towels that they soon get unusable.
A Yankee in the TrenchesR. Derby Holmes
And there it all lies now—unused and unusable for ever—of no earthly service to any one—just like the ruins left by a fire.
The Master BuilderHenrik Ibsen
unusable
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