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
The upper one-third of the lake could be unusable for recreation by the end of this century.
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Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Parchment paper may become unusable after one or two uses at high temperatures.
—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
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Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Parchment paper may become unusable after one or two uses at high temperatures.
—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
See All Example Sentences for unusable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unusable
Adjective
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Pattinson plays the character’s increasingly useless husband.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
5 Nov. 2025
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My French was useless—I was also considered a tourist by association.—
Lane Nieset,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Critics lambasted those policies as impractical at best, reckless at worst.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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The Countach is also famously impractical and a pain to drive, so the next buyer will likely be taking on a more-than-usual stewardship role in terms of old supercars, the service not being to themselves but to the wider community, which gets to look at the Countach rather than operate it.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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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.—
Joseph Ataman,
CNN Money,
10 Nov. 2025
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But the movie only gives tiny little tastes of 1982 rock culture, and why Nebraska was so comically unsuitable for airplay.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Unusable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unusable. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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