as in useless
not capable of being put to use or account
a completely unusable gadget that's just taking up space in the drawer
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Recent Examples of unusable
Parchment paper may become unusable after one or two uses at high temperatures.
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
Hunter’s farm was rendered almost unusable.
—Emma Green, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
The walking trails at a West Price Hill park have been officially closed for the last three months and unusable for about a year.
—Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Oct. 2025
Prosecutors cited unusable breathalyzer evidence and Pennington's good behavior on probation as reasons for the withdrawal.
—Elena Santa Cruz, AZCentral.com, 27 Sep. 2025
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
Hunter’s farm was rendered almost unusable.
—Emma Green, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
The walking trails at a West Price Hill park have been officially closed for the last three months and unusable for about a year.
—Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Oct. 2025
Prosecutors cited unusable breathalyzer evidence and Pennington's good behavior on probation as reasons for the withdrawal.
—Elena Santa Cruz, AZCentral.com, 27 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unusable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unusable
Adjective
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But to borrow Manidis’s framework, the drive to create such a tool conflates useless toil with meaningful labor.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
20 Oct. 2025
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The rules of grammar were useless now, and never truly rules.—
Sam Lipsyte,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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If there’s a force majeure clause in the new rights contracts that allows the NBA’s media partners to temporarily halt running sportsbook ads when an unforeseeable event makes such airings impractical, it’s hidden under a tide of black ink.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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Robots have become indispensable in environments where high radiation or structural complexity makes human intervention dangerous or impractical.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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This closeness causes gravitational instability that existing planetary formation models have suggested should result in an environment unsuitable for planet formation.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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They were placed there by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife after being deemed unsuitable for wild release.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Unusable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unusable. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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