"unusable" meaning in English

See unusable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more unusable [comparative], most unusable [superlative]
Etymology: From un- + usable. Etymology templates: {{af|en|un-|usable}} un- + usable Head templates: {{en-adj}} unusable (comparative more unusable, superlative most unusable)
  1. Not usable. Synonyms: nonusable [rare] Translations (not usable): անգործածելի (angorcaceli) (Armenian), негоден (negoden) (Bulgarian), неизползваем (neizpolzvaem) (Bulgarian), inusable (Catalan), inservible (Catalan), nepoužitelný [masculine] (Czech), ubrugelig (Danish), onbruikbaar (Dutch), käyttökelvoton (Finnish), inutilisable (French), unbenutzbar (German), ανεγχείρητος (anencheíritos) (Greek), használhatatlan (Hungarian), inusabile (Interlingua), inservibile (Italian), ass ymmyd (Manx), neuobbree (Manx), do-ymmydey (Manx), ubrukbar (Norwegian Bokmål), ubrukbar (Norwegian Nynorsk), nieużywalny (Polish), inutilizable (Spanish), inservible (Spanish), inútil (Spanish), oanvändbar (Swedish), obrukbar (Swedish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: unuseable

Noun

Forms: unusables [plural]
Etymology: From un- + usable. Etymology templates: {{af|en|un-|usable}} un- + usable Head templates: {{en-noun}} unusable (plural unusables)
  1. Something that is not fit for use.
    Sense id: en-unusable-en-noun-K2rSKskD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: unuseable

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Something that is not fit for use."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "unuseable"
    }
  ],
  "word": "unusable"
}

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