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Recent Examples of unusable The criminal complaint said the collision sent the rangers’ vehicle onto the shoulder, deployed the vehicle’s airbags and rendered the driver’s side door of the rangers’ vehicle unusable. Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 14 May 2025 The budget store received a yellow placard after inspectors found an unusable bathroom. Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 27 June 2025 These toilets were rarely cleaned and often broken and unusable. Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 5 June 2025 The prison yard has become unusable due to drug use in front of guards and cameras. Jeff Kaufman, Time, 30 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for unusable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unusable
Adjective
  • The price signals are useless because the government prohibited them from being useful.
    The Editors, National Review, 30 June 2025
  • The devices must also give consumers the option of deactivating such features, unless that action would render the device useless.
    Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 24 June 2025
Adjective
  • Aside from being impractical, the new importation strategy would leave America’s drug supply vulnerable to dangerous counterfeit medicines from abroad.
    Sally C. Pipes, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2025
  • However, for many travelers who take only one or two flights a year, that's impractical advice.
    Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 11 July 2025
Adjective
  • There’s also the risk that the new genes are unsuitable for Florida waters, and any interbreeding would weaken local stock.
    Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 3 July 2025
  • Washing Windows Cleaning windows works best in good lighting to achieve a streak-free finish, making nighttime an unsuitable time for the task.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 June 2025

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“Unusable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unusable. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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