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Recent Examples of unserviceable 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 The Aegis, Baltimore Sun, 10 Nov. 2024 The equipment that was there was outdated and broke frequently — not because someone did something wrong, but because the parts were old and unserviceable or because the repair unit didn’t feel like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 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 But the new president, Maithripala Sirisena, who wanted to extricate Sri Lanka from some of the Chinese contracts, quickly found that the terms were inflexible and had left the country with virtually unserviceable levels of debt. Andrew Small, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2018 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 Closed runways and taxiways, unserviceable radio navigational aids or military exercises causing airspace restrictions also could trigger the issuing of NOTAMs. Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unserviceable
Adjective
  • Once the borer has entered the stem, insecticides are useless.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Though small, the defect made the telescope mostly useless to astronomers.
    Josh Dinner, Space.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Tapping into the endowment may be impractical for several reasons, including that some of it is legally restricted, but also because some of the unrestricted money is tied up in illiquid assets, such as in hedge funds, private equity and real estate that can’t be easily sold.
    Kara Scannell, CNN Money, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Blockchain might revolutionize insurance claim processing while proving impractical for emergency communications.
    Chloe Demrovsky, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Olivia Heller/The Hustle For-profit developers, for one thing, often find church and synagogue properties unsuitable for redevelopment.
    Mark Dent, HubSpot, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Such glues and taped seams make Gore-tex jackets unsuitable for chemical recycling.
    Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Furthermore, although the south-east of England has some of the best weather in the United Kingdom, frequent cloud cover was still a significant problem — leaving the telescope unusable for much of the year.
    Ryan French, Space.com, 23 Mar. 2025
  • The first approach provides access to data and services that would otherwise be unusable.
    Garri Galanter, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025

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“Unserviceable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unserviceable. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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