unusable
pronunciation
How to pronounce unusable in British English:
UK [ˌʌnˈju:zəbl]
How to pronounce unusable in American English:
US [ʌnˈjuzəbəl]
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- Adjective:
- impossible to use
- not able to perform its normal function
Word Origin
- unusable (adj.)
- 1825, from un- (1) "not" + usable (adj.).
Example
- 1. China 's research sector also struggles with procedural problems and fraud that render its research unusable for other scientists .
- 2. Airlines urged passengers to check the status of flights before heading to airports , although many reservation lines and airline websites were overloaded and unusable .
- 3. He will almost certainly write something unusable , which you will then rewrite , congratulating him heartily and putting his name on it .
- 4. Wearing a dosimetry badge on his shirt to monitor his own exposure to radiation , he stopped his truck at a spot overlooking a slope that will be used to store waste ' tailings , ' the 91.5 % of the mine 's output that will be unusable .