unusable

/ ʌnˈjuːzəbəl /

adjective

1. not able or fit to be used

Example Sentences

Despite the ceasefire, Beigbeder said the situation for Gaza's education system was catastrophic, with 85 percent of schools destroyed or unusable.

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Although the acute impact from that event was related to laptops using Microsoft software that were rendered unusable, the cloud also played a role.

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The Environment for Development, a global research network, estimates that around a third are unusable items that end up in landfills -- mostly made from plastic-based materials like nylon and polyester that does not biodegrade.

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Even if Russian oil companies possess such computer programs, since 2022 many have been barred from updates, rendering them unusable in many cases, analysts say.

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McCarthy believes bioenergy is one of those ways — essentially, by selling the least valuable, borderline unusable vegetation from the forest floor.

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Related Words

• expendable 
• futile 
• idle 
• impractical 
• ineffective 
• inoperative 
• meaningless 
• pointless 
• unavailable 
• unproductive 
• unprofitable 
• unworkable 
• worthless