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Definitions for unserviceable
un·ser·vice·able

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word unserviceable.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. unserviceableadjective

    not ready for service

    "unserviceable equipment may be replaced"

  2. unserviceable, unusable, unuseableadjective

    not capable of being used

Wiktionary

  1. unserviceableadjective

    unusable

  2. unserviceableadjective

    impractical

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Unserviceableadjective

    Useless; bringing no advantage or convenience.

    The beast, impatient of his smarting wound,
    Thought with his wings to fly above the ground;
    But his late wounded wing unserviceable found. Edmund Spenser.

    ’Tis certainly demonstrated, that the condensation and expansion of any proportion of the air, is always proportional to the weight incumbent upon it: so that if the atmosphere had been much greater or less than it is, it would on the surface of the earth, have been unserviceable for vegetation and life. Richard Bentley, Sermons.

    It can be no unserviceable design to religion, to undeceive men in so important a point. John Rogers, Sermons.

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  1. unserviceable

    Unserviceable refers to something that is not functioning, damaged, worn out, unreliable or unfit for use or service. It typically refers to items, equipment, or machinery that are unable to be repaired or are not worth the cost of repairs.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of unserviceable in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of unserviceable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of unserviceable in a Sentence

  1. Susan Lowe:

    There were days when approximately 2,500 weapons, mostly rifles that were deemed unserviceable, were shredded using Captain Crunch, approximately 500-600 pistols that were deemed unserviceable can be demilitarized in a day using Captain Crunch.

  2. Herodotus:

    Those who are skilled in archery bend their bow only when they are prepared to use it; when they do not require it they allow it to remain unbent, for otherwise it would be unserviceable when the time for using it arrived. So it is with man. If he were to devote himself unceasingly to a dull round of business, without breaking the monotony by cheerful amusements, he would fall imperceptibly into idiotcy, or be struck with paralysis.

  3. Susan Lowe:

    Approximately 500-600 pistols that were deemed unserviceable can be demilitarized in a day using Captain Crunch.

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    a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
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