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单词 unusable
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Definition of unusable in English:

unusable

adjectiveʌnˈjuːzəb(ə)lˌənˈjuzəb(ə)l
  • Not fit to be used.

    the steps were overgrown and unusable
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Northwest Airlines refused to make refunds for the unusable tickets.
    • Most of the equipment was unusable because of damage and contamination but some was sent away for sterilisation.
    • I absolutely hate it when installing something screws your PC up so much that it is unusable.
    • The test was designed to simulate what would happen if their offices became unusable in the event of a wide-scale power loss or crowd trouble.
    • Industry standards dictate that the 2000 survey figures are unusable and out of date.
    • When I bought the place, it was open to the sky and there were ferns and trees growing there - it was just an unusable and unpassable area.
    • It's completely unacceptable that CD-Rs become unusable in less than two years.
    • This should eliminate the possibility of deliberate arsons because the timber is unusable three years after the fire.
    • Vandals have badly damaged seafront steps, leaving them unusable.
    • This extension to the route is unusable for wheelchair users.
    • Often the mines have been laid in agricultural land, making it unusable and so a jungle grows up, making the mines even more difficult to find.
    • It is great to have expansive fields around the school, but unfortunately in wet weather they become unusable for some time.
    • Windows in each classroom are at a height of 1.8m and thus are rendered unusable for fire escape.
    • Four times now, I have accidentally rendered the site unusable.
    • The booking office at the station has been attacked twice and the stairwell on the northbound platform has been wrecked leaving it unusable.
    • In their place are holes, which easily fill up with rainwater rendering them almost unusable.
    • Some ranchers found that water became unusable after seismic testing alone.
    • Lack of maintenance and removal of parts from older ships made them potentially dangerous and often unusable during a war.
    • Twenty years ago this land was unusable and uninhabited, its soil burdened by a high degree of aluminium toxicity.
    • The mere rumour of a landmine can render a community's fields unusable.
    Synonyms
    futile, pointless, purposeless, impractical, vain, in vain, to no purpose, to no avail, unavailing, bootless, nugatory, hopeless, ineffectual, inefficacious, impotent, fruitless, unprofitable, profitless, unproductive, unachievable, sisyphean
 
 

Definition of unusable in US English:

unusable

adjectiveˌənˈjuzəb(ə)lˌənˈyo͞ozəb(ə)l
  • Not fit to be used.

    the steps were overgrown and unusable
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This extension to the route is unusable for wheelchair users.
    • It is great to have expansive fields around the school, but unfortunately in wet weather they become unusable for some time.
    • Twenty years ago this land was unusable and uninhabited, its soil burdened by a high degree of aluminium toxicity.
    • Most of the equipment was unusable because of damage and contamination but some was sent away for sterilisation.
    • When I bought the place, it was open to the sky and there were ferns and trees growing there - it was just an unusable and unpassable area.
    • Some ranchers found that water became unusable after seismic testing alone.
    • The mere rumour of a landmine can render a community's fields unusable.
    • Vandals have badly damaged seafront steps, leaving them unusable.
    • Northwest Airlines refused to make refunds for the unusable tickets.
    • I absolutely hate it when installing something screws your PC up so much that it is unusable.
    • The test was designed to simulate what would happen if their offices became unusable in the event of a wide-scale power loss or crowd trouble.
    • The booking office at the station has been attacked twice and the stairwell on the northbound platform has been wrecked leaving it unusable.
    • It's completely unacceptable that CD-Rs become unusable in less than two years.
    • Lack of maintenance and removal of parts from older ships made them potentially dangerous and often unusable during a war.
    • Windows in each classroom are at a height of 1.8m and thus are rendered unusable for fire escape.
    • Four times now, I have accidentally rendered the site unusable.
    • In their place are holes, which easily fill up with rainwater rendering them almost unusable.
    • Industry standards dictate that the 2000 survey figures are unusable and out of date.
    • Often the mines have been laid in agricultural land, making it unusable and so a jungle grows up, making the mines even more difficult to find.
    • This should eliminate the possibility of deliberate arsons because the timber is unusable three years after the fire.
    Synonyms
    futile, pointless, purposeless, impractical, vain, in vain, to no purpose, to no avail, unavailing, bootless, nugatory, hopeless, ineffectual, inefficacious, impotent, fruitless, unprofitable, profitless, unproductive, unachievable, sisyphean
 
 
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