unusable
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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The fire on Jan. 22, believed to have been set by a homeless person, took out wooden framing below an asphalt bridge connecting access to a parking lot, making it unusable for safety reasons.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2026
However, thousands of sidewalk gawkers messed up the audio, making the footage unusable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026
This combination of heating and removal makes the gas unusable for forming new stars.
From Science Daily • Jan. 19, 2026
Four black bags of empty DVD boxes and toys so damp they were unusable - these are just some of the items left outside charity shops recently.
From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026
They shook water from their shaggy fur, snarfled people’s picnic lunches, chewed Fris- bees into hunks of unusable plastic.
From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart
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