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us·a·ble
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ˈyu
zə
bəl
/
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yoo
-z
uh
-b
uh
l
]
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adjective
1.
available or convenient for
use
:
2000 square feet of usable office space.
2.
capable of being
used
:
That saw is no longer usable.
Also,
useable
.
Origin:
1350–1400;
Middle English
<
Middle French;
see
use
,
-able
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
re·us·a·ble,
adjective
re·us·a·ble·ness,
noun
un·us·a·ble,
adjective
un·us·a·ble·ness,
noun
un·us·a·b·ly,
adverb
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unusable
(ʌnˈjuːzəb
ə
l)
—
adj
not able or fit to be used
usable
or
useable
(ˈjuːzəb
ə
l)
—
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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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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
.
Reputable recyclers will properly scrap
unusable
electronics, though they sometimes charge a small fee.
Worse, there is no water either, so toilets are clogged up and
unusable
.
Collect and either recycle or dispose of
unusable
pesticides and
unusable
pesticide containers.
Clean, fresh water is contaminated in ways that are not easily recyclable and is
unusable
for human use.
The shape of the zinc panels in one project were based on the standard size of the raw material, so as to reduce
unusable
scraps.
Useable energy becomes
unusable
energy through heat loss.
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