unusable
Use Unusable in a sentence
zəAlso, useable.
Related forms
us·a·bil·i·ty, us·a·ble·ness, noun
us·a·bly, adverb
non·re·us·a·ble, adjective, noun
non·us·a·ble, adjective
re·us·a·bil·i·ty, noun
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Unusable
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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World English Dictionary
unusable (ʌnˈjuːzəbəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| not able or fit to be used | |
| usable or useable (ˈjuːzəbəl) | |
| —adj | |
| able to be used | |
| useable or useable | |
| —adj | |
| usa'bility or useable | |
| —n | |
| usea'bility or useable | |
| —n | |
| 'usableness or useable | |
| —n | |
| 'useableness or useable | |
| —n | |
| 'usably or useable | |
| —adv | |
| 'useably or useable | |
| —adv | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
usable
1382, from O.Fr. usable (1311), from user (see use). Not a common word before c.1840.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Silicone is indeed incredibly common--and unusable in its natural form.
In both cases, these issues threaten to make land unusable for indefinite periods, possibly up to thousands of years.
We can take resources thought mere decades ago to be unusable and now extract them.
The lift-shaft of an unfinished high-rise hotel on the waterfront was filled with concrete to render the building unusable.
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