Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unusable

/ənjˈuzəbəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.97 in modern English

Syllables: un-us-able
IPA: /ənjˈuzəbəl/

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

noun

Something that is not fit for use.

Example Sentences

"The toilet was unusable because it was blocked."
"From that night until mid-morning on Sunday, November 6, the station was unusable by any electric trains and the Brighton-Eastbourne service was maintained by steam traction, assisted by two Hastings six-car diesel muliple-units—[...]."
"This service has suffered badly from Department for Transport-inspired cuts which reduced it from hourly to two-hourly. This, coupled with regular cancellations, has rendered the train service between the area's two biggest towns almost unusable."
"All the fat, skin, bones and unusables from the slaughter house went to the soap factory, and got diverted to feed a company of soldiers."

Etymology

From un- + usable.

Inflected Forms

more unusable (comparative) most unusable (superlative) unuseable (alternative) unusables (plural)

Derived Forms

unusableness unusably

Synonyms

nonusable unserviceable unuseable

Antonyms

usable

Rhymes With

usable reusable inexcusable excusable fusible

Questions

How do you pronounce unusable?: The recorded pronunciation is /ənjˈuzəbəl/.
What does unusable mean?: Not usable.
Where does unusable come from?: From un- + usable.

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