unusable

Language: en

🇺🇸 /əˈnjuːzəbəl/

📖 Definitions

  1. adjective
    Not able or fit to be used; not in a condition suitable for use.; Not accessible or available for use due to damage, obstruction, or other circumstances.; Of poor quality or design to the extent that it cannot be effectively employed for its intended purpose.; Not in a state to be consumed or utilized, as in the case of expired or contaminated materials.; In legal or formal contexts, not admissible or applicable, such as evidence or a document.

🔗 Details

Word forms

Comparative: more unusable Superlative: most unusable

Collocations

completely unusablevirtually unusablerender unusablebecome unusabletotally unusablepractically unusable

Derivatives

unusablyunusabilityusableuseuserusefuluseless

Synonyms

uselessimpracticalinoperablenonfunctionaldefunctunworkable

Antonyms

usablefunctionaloperablepractical

Commonly confused

useless
EN: 'Unusable' means something cannot be used (often due to condition or circumstance), while 'useless' means having no purpose or value at all.
unuseable
EN: 'Unuseable' is a non-standard variant spelling; 'unusable' is the accepted standard form.

Spelling tips

EN: The standard spelling is 'unusable' (not 'unuseable'). Although 'useable' exists as a variant of 'usable', the prefixed form almost always drops the 'e': 'unusable'.

💬 Examples

  1. The old computer was so slow that it was practically unusable.

  2. After the flood, the basement was completely unusable.

  3. The software interface was so confusing that most users found it unusable.

  4. The milk had gone sour and was unusable for baking.

  5. The contract was deemed unusable in court because it lacked proper signatures.