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Recent Examples of unserviceable Lake Okeechobee, as an example, dropped to levels that left it dry and unserviceable. Ryan Rossi, Sun Sentinel, 27 May 2025 The growing prevalence of chronic diseases, an aging population and an increasing utilization of healthcare resources is unserviceable by traditional methods of care delivery. Waqaas Al-Siddiq, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025 Cub Scout Pack 238 placed and / or replaced unserviceable American Flags at the headstones of all Veterans in honor of Veterans Day, after an opening Ceremony with color guard from the Sons of the American Revolution at Bel Air Memorial Gardens Sunday. The Aegis, Baltimore Sun, 10 Nov. 2024 The equipment that was there was outdated and broke frequently — not because someone did something wrong, but because the parts were old and unserviceable or because the repair unit didn’t feel like coming out. Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024 Dire reports warned of unserviceable and overflowing toilets and looming trench foot. Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2023 Although the Avtomat Kalashnikova is known for superior reliability, the rifles were likely unserviceable. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 8 Mar. 2023 By 2008, government debt was unserviceable, social services had disintegrated, and life expectancy had plunged to 32 years for women and 34 years for men. Tendai Biti, Foreign Affairs, 20 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unserviceable
Adjective
  • 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
  • The rules of grammar were useless now, and never truly rules.
    Sam Lipsyte, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • This made real-time speech recognition impractical.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Stanley, the spokesman for WSPA, said the refinery rules and other measures were impractical.
    CalMatters, Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • That wing is usually reserved for prisoners who are considered unsuitable to be kept among the prison’s general population, usually out of fears for their safety.
    Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Financial promotion rules prevent inappropriate marketing to unsuitable investors.
    Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • That said, while each companion’s abilities bring something to the table, they get downed by enemies a lot, which renders their abilities unusable until they can be revived.
    Jason Fanelli, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Photos taken immediately after the carpet removal show that the classroom was left in unusable condition, with a portion of the carpet remaining attached to the floor.
    Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2025

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“Unserviceable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unserviceable. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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