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Antonyms for unusable


Grammar : Adj
Spell : yoo-zuh-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈyu zə bəl



Definition of unusable

Origin :
  • 1825, from un- (1) "not" + usable.
  • adj useless
  • adj impracticable
Example sentences :
  • She is ballasted with utilities; not altogether with unusable pig-lead and kentledge.
  • Extract from : « Moby Dick; or The Whale » by Herman Melville
  • The second part of this definition is, of course, unusable for beginners.
  • Extract from : « The Teaching of Geometry » by David Eugene Smith
  • One can hardly say that any combination of notes is unusable.
  • Extract from : « Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies » by Philip H. Goepp
  • There is so little chance to wash towels that they soon get unusable.
  • Extract from : « A Yankee in the Trenches » by R. 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.
  • Extract from : « The Master Builder » by Henrik Ibsen
  • A moment later, when the copper-stick itself was wanted, it was unusable, and there was no other at hand.
  • Extract from : « Better than Play » by Mabel Quiller-Couch
  • Even an old fowl which is unusable in any other way makes excellent broth.
  • Extract from : « The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking » by Helen Campbell
  • The library would be unusable anyway, while the walls and ceiling were being repaired.
  • Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore
  • Hydrochloric acid in particular will rust them so badly in a single night as to make them unusable unless they are repolished.
  • Extract from : « The Decoration of Leather » by Georges de Rcy
  • Savile tunnel was blown in in several places, and the Company Headquarters completely cut off and unusable.
  • Extract from : « The Fifth Leicestershire » by J.D. Hills

Synonyms for unusable

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