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unusable

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 N Y UW1 Z AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Not usable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The toilet was unusable because it was blocked.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nonusable

Antonyms: usable

2

noun

Meaning 2

Something that is not fit for use.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

not capable of being used

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unserviceable, unuseable

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From un- + usable.

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: անգործածելի (angorcaceli) — not usable
  • Bulgarian: негоден (negoden) — not usable
  • Bulgarian: неизползваем (neizpolzvaem) — not usable
  • Catalan: inusable — not usable
  • Catalan: inservible — not usable
  • Czech: nepoužitelný — not usable
  • Danish: ubrugelig — not usable
  • Dutch: onbruikbaar — not usable
  • Finnish: käyttökelvoton — not usable
  • French: inutilisable — not usable
  • German: unbenutzbar — not usable
  • Greek: ανεγχείρητος (anencheíritos) — not usable
  • Hungarian: használhatatlan — not usable
  • Interlingua: inusabile — not usable
  • Italian: inservibile — not usable
  • Manx: ass ymmyd — not usable
  • Manx: neuobbree — not usable
  • Manx: do-ymmydey — not usable
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ubrukbar — not usable
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ubrukbar — not usable
  • Polish: nieużywalny — not usable
  • Russian: непригодный (neprigodnyj) — not usable
  • Russian: неиспользуемый (neispolʹzujemyj) — not usable
  • Spanish: inutilizable — not usable
  • Spanish: inservible — not usable
  • Spanish: inútil — not usable
  • Swedish: oanvändbar — not usable
  • Swedish: obrukbar — not usable