unserviceable
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7.4
- adjective
- /ʌnˈsɜːrvɪsəbl/
:
inservible
- Due to extensive rust and wear, the bicycle was considered unserviceable and was discarded.
Examples
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Eventually, one of these cycles goes so deep that currency supply (and demand) falls so low that too many debts become unserviceable.
Blog text (13) -
El Barzon experienced dramatic urban growth in 1995, as high interest rates and a contracting economy saddled thousands of middle-class families and small businesses with unserviceable debt obligations.
Academic text (2000) -
From its start, it set itself against "rote" memorization of "masses of unserviceable information."
Academic text (2002) -
When the GPU starts to fail, the PS3 will become unserviceable.
Blog text (34) -
I, of course, opined on the current and impending impacts of massive debt-deflation and of unserviceable public and private debt, etc.
Blog text (3) -
As a bonus, canceling the debts would help to restore the crumbling banking system by cleaning the assets from unserviceable loans.
Academic text (2011) -
If we are not careful, our military will be expected to execute its mission with weapons that are not yet developed, transported on antiquated, unserviceable platforms, and assigned to inexperienced soldiers who have not been trained to use them.
Academic text (1996) -
We've got an unserviceable stabilizer trim, doubtful rudder control, and structural damage.
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What he was really doing was shipping the serviceable weapons to Syria via Turkey while destroying some stocks or unserviceable weapons for show for the lapdog media.
Blog text (28) -
The car was deemed unserviceable after the accident and couldn't be repaired.
Synonyms
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2.3
Damaged or broken so it does not work
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3.5
Not working or available to use, often for a short time
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4.6
Not working or currently not in use
Not operating or being used
Not useful for everyday tasks
Antonyms
How Usable
Surface Forms
Morphology
unserviceable = serviceable (transparent) = un + service + able
The prefix 'un-' clearly negates the meaning of 'serviceable', making the word's meaning directly derivable.
Etymology
The word unserviceable breaks down into un- ('not'), service ('help' or 'use') and -able ('can be'), so it literally means 'not able to be used'. That's why we call a broken road, plane, or machine unserviceable — it cannot be used or is out of working order.