How to Use unsalvageable in a Sentence

unsalvageable

adjective
  • The bed on the first floor was warped and unsalvageable.
    Chico Harlan, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2017
  • The building is unsalvageable and will need to come down, Lakamp said.
    Madeline Mitchell, Cincinnati.com, 28 Aug. 2019
  • Now is the time to unload the unused, unloved and unsalvageable.
    Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 26 Dec. 2020
  • This is called force majeure, and means the movie is unsalvageable.
    Eleanor Hildebrandt, Popular Mechanics, 21 Dec. 2018
  • In the end, when Meyer quit his job at UF, his team was unsalvageable.
    Joseph Goodman, AL.com, 29 Jan. 2018
  • Whatever the cause, The Kitchen is an unsalvageable mess.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Aug. 2019
  • So serious, in fact, that the trade may be unsalvageable.
    Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Nov. 2020
  • On top of her short-term concerns, Brown also worries that if her home deemed is unsalvageable, she’ll be pressured to sell it.
    Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2021
  • The USS Arizona was later deemed unsalvageable and continues to sit in about 40 feet of water.
    Shaun McKinnon, azcentral, 23 Dec. 2019
  • As people who survived wars and genocides teach us, many worlds have ended before us; some worlds are unsalvageable and not worth saving.
    WIRED, 26 Aug. 2022
  • That is, not coincidentally, what Watkins does, as the most riveting voice of the unsalvageable West.
    Hillary Kelly, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2021
  • If not for the extraordinarily sturdy structure — the work of a legion of skilled black craftsmen — the Shaw-area hotel would have been unsalvageable.
    Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2020
  • Nancy Long restored unsalvageable structures and built a landmark on her own.
    Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Dec. 2022
  • If the Paul-Harden relationship was truly unsalvageable, then this trade makes more sense.
    Rohan Nadkarni, SI.com, 11 July 2019
  • Severely damaged by the tornado, the house was deemed unsalvageable and was taken down by the army of backhoes and demolition crews razing much of what’s left.
    Nick Roll, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Feb. 2022
  • Flame prints are almost unsalvageable, except toned down as mentioned above.
    Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 31 Jan. 2018
  • Much of the material was unsalvageable, burned or shredded into tiny pieces.
    New York Times, 13 Aug. 2021
  • There were no injuries reported, but all the equipment inside was unsalvageable, including three six-wheel snow plows and a Ford F-550 snow plow, Carrier said.
    Kate Armanini, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Jan. 2023
  • According to Rohani and Bollinger, Smith is a negligent property owner and the house is unsalvageable.
    oregonlive, 28 Mar. 2021
  • But anything that is inside the building in Chicago’s Ashburn neighborhood near Evergreen Park, which was closed in 2014, has been deemed unsalvageable.
    Jeff Vorva, chicagotribune.com, 12 June 2021
  • Just as the Jazz had started to become nationally relevant, he was scrapped from its long-term plans, another top pick deemed unsalvageable.
    Connor Letourneau, SFChronicle.com, 12 July 2019
  • Once recognized as a symbol of the city’s growth and achievements, the building was shuttered in the mid-1990s and deteriorated into an eyesore that was deemed unsalvageable.
    Jennifer Bolton, Houston Chronicle, 1 July 2019
  • The Healdsburg winery on Highway 128 is completely engulfed in flames, and Cal Fire determined the building is unsalvageable.
    Peter Hartlaub, SFChronicle.com, 27 Oct. 2019
  • Although the massive yacht is thought to be unsalvageable, all seven crew members and nine passengers — none of whom have been identified — were able to safely evacuate and were not harmed, according to The Guardian.
    Maria Pasquini, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2022
  • But the economy hasn’t descended into unsalvageable chaos because of an extra $600 a week.
    Whizy Kim, refinery29.com, 29 July 2020
  • The Jets and the Dolphins are the two teams most often mentioned as being possible landing spots for Watson if the Texans decide their relationship is unsalvageable.
    Matt Young, Chron, 28 Jan. 2021
  • Conversations usually run dry after everyone sends too many texts in a row and the scramble of typos and out-of-context comments is unsalvageable.
    Michelle Santiago Cortés, refinery29.com, 13 May 2020
  • If the pads are torn or otherwise unsalvageable, get a replacement set; most helmet makers offer them at a nominal price, even for some older models.
    Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 17 July 2021
  • The iFixit office has a 55-gallon drum for unsalvageable electronics, which gets picked up by the major recycling company ERI every few weeks.
    Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2022
  • But what was supposed to be a celebratory sendoff for TFC into its second leg turned into a disaster–though one that is not unsalvageable.
    Avi Creditor, SI.com, 17 Apr. 2018

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