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
Others have noted all but unusable battery life on their phones, as seen on subreddit threads and blog summaries.
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Ars Technica, 31 Jan. 2025
Dry and Cook Your Ingredients Your food and herbs will slowly degrade, and eventually become unusable.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
The Apple App and Google Play stores won't remove TikTok from devices on which it's already been downloaded, but the app is unusable.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2025
TikTok has considered making the app unusable for people in the U.S. beginning Sunday.
—Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 Jan. 2025
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Ars Technica, 31 Jan. 2025
Dry and Cook Your Ingredients Your food and herbs will slowly degrade, and eventually become unusable.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
The Apple App and Google Play stores won't remove TikTok from devices on which it's already been downloaded, but the app is unusable.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2025
TikTok has considered making the app unusable for people in the U.S. beginning Sunday.
—Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unusable
Adjective
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Landing on the Moon comes with numerous complications, including an often-uneven surface and the lack of an atmosphere, rendering parachutes useless.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
18 Mar. 2025
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This was quite the useless promo, and much of what Rollins said could have been saved for SmackDown.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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But that’s impractical for building habitats on other worlds.—
Sven Bilén,
The Conversation,
13 Mar. 2025
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The caption itself is impractical, if not impossible, for Worthy now.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
10 Mar. 2025
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However, the land presented a challenge: its marshy terrain was unsuitable for planting.—
Nel-Olivia Waga,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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Moscow has for months been seeking to weaponize Ukraine's democratic freeze, with Putin and his allies framing Zelenskyy as illegitimate and therefore unsuitable to take part in peace talks.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Unusable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unusable. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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