How to Use unusable in a Sentence

unusable

adjective
Definition of unusablenext
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  • The space was left charred and for the most part unusable.
    — Phillip Martin, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Feb. 2021
  • Wrestlers at the edge of the ring would be in the shadow of the light, making the photos unusable.
    — John Kuntz, cleveland, 26 Dec. 2021
  • The lake is used for recreation, and most of the boat ramps would be unusable for up to a month.
    — Andrew Selsky, ajc, 17 Mar. 2021
  • If the room is unusable, let the hotel know and give it a chance to fix the problem.
    — Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 3 June 2022
  • The world has rendered more than a third of its arable land unusable in the last 40 years.
    — Erik Fyrwald, Fortune, 31 Dec. 2021
  • Inside, Supras of the past did sport four seats, even if the rears were cramped and unusable by adults.
    — Jim Resnick, Ars Technica, 23 Mar. 2020
  • That and other damage left the place unusable for the last five months.
    — Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic, 16 Dec. 2021
  • The freeze rendered half of the more than $600 billion in Putin’s war chest unusable.
    — Josh Boak, Chron, 20 Mar. 2022
  • At some point, the process would render all of near-Earth space unusable.
    — Raffi Khatchadourian, The New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2020
  • His kitchen was nearly unusable; the oven couldn’t be opened because of the piles, and there was a bookcase in the middle of the room.
    — Camille Baker, Curbed, 5 Apr. 2021
  • Wood said almost all of their rods and reels were unusable.
    — Brian Broom, USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2023
  • But that doesn’t mean all lashes are dirty and unusable.
    — Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 19 Dec. 2023
  • His cleats had been stolen, and the rest of his equipment had been covered in protein shakes and was unusable.
    — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Most of the exercise machines in the weight room were unusable.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 13 June 2020
  • At idle, the mirrors vibrate so hard as to be unusable.
    — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 1 May 2021
  • The windshield is well forward and the doors are so far away that the armrests are nearly unusable.
    — Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 17 Sep. 2020
  • When the flags are ripped down, the poles holding them up are also destroyed and left unusable.
    — Samuel O’Neal, Idaho Statesman, 24 June 2024
  • Some locals said that when the beach gets crowded, like on the weekends, the toilets are full and unusable.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2023
  • In the future, even those limited features might go away to the point where the app would be unusable.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 15 May 2021
  • Winter makes the beautiful tiny porch unusable for six months of the year.
    — WIRED, 2 Sep. 2023
  • SpaceX fixed the toilet on the capsule awaiting liftoff, but deemed the one in orbit unusable.
    — Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2021
  • Case in point: the app for Apple Music is unusable but there’s a workaround.
    — Brooke Crothers, Forbes, 14 June 2021
  • Fighting has rendered the mine unusable for the time being.
    — Justin Ling, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2024
  • But unbeknownst to either of us, the now large gap in her dress where the missing button should have been made the take unusable.
    — Breanne L. Heldman, Peoplemag, 12 May 2023
  • Less appetizing are the fish heads, bones and unusable parts from the whole fish filleted in the kitchen.
    — Meredith Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Some of the damage to the buildings left them unusable for the military until the plumbing and walls are repaired.
    — Houston Keene | Fox News, Fox News, 28 Dec. 2022
  • However, mercury would be unusable on the surface of the moon.
    — Tim Childers, Popular Mechanics, 18 Nov. 2020
  • This means that the number of songs that become unusable on TikTok could balloon.
    — Elias Leight, Billboard, 6 Feb. 2024
  • While there is space for a pump of any size, larger pumps may make some interior storage (like the laptop sleeve) unusable.
    — Kelsey Kunik, Rd, Parents, 11 Aug. 2024
  • Flights were grounded, travel was delayed, and nearly every Windows machine in the world was unusable.
    — Chris Bowen, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024

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