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
One building is now unusable after someone broke into an electrical box and burned components inside, cutting off power.
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Nina Burns, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
Buying medicine or collecting pensions is difficult for retirees in a country where banks set limits on cash withdrawals and most ATMs are broken or unusable because there’s no electricity.
—Sarah Moreno
updated April 29, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
Its companion app is full of information, but is painfully slow to sync, difficult to navigate, and sometimes completely unusable.
—Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 28 Apr. 2026
The Jackson estate also had to shell out additional tens of millions after the third act was deemed unusable.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 25 Apr. 2026
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Nina Burns, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
Buying medicine or collecting pensions is difficult for retirees in a country where banks set limits on cash withdrawals and most ATMs are broken or unusable because there’s no electricity.
—Sarah Moreno
updated April 29, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
Its companion app is full of information, but is painfully slow to sync, difficult to navigate, and sometimes completely unusable.
—Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 28 Apr. 2026
The Jackson estate also had to shell out additional tens of millions after the third act was deemed unusable.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 25 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unusable
Adjective
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And being a humanitarian, useless.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
31 May 2026
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The forty-five minutes felt useless; the pre-meeting did not.—
Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
Adjective
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Physical storage, custody and transportation can make direct ownership impractical for many companies.—
Anthony Milewski,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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May's first-quarter moon in Virgo is here to shed light on what's impractical or no longer sustainable.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
22 May 2026
Adjective
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There are significant worries that AI can readily go off the rails or otherwise dispense unsuitable or even egregiously inappropriate mental health advice.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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The trend was further compounded in koalas with chlamydiosis -- a common bacterial disease among the species -- and those found in unsuitable conditions, Mella said.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
26 May 2026
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“Unusable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unusable. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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