unserviceable

Example Sentences

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Getting vital supplies into the islands was tough with jetties unserviceable.

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2024

On June 10, Israeli airstrikes that struck Damascus International Airport caused significant damage and rendered the main runway unserviceable.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2022

Through Revert, metal removed during the manufacture of components and from unserviceable engine parts is collected, segregated by specific alloy type, cleaned of all coatings and contaminants, and returned to the material supplier for recycling.

From Nature • Mar. 22, 2016

The unfortunate Quinlan, whose empire was once worth £10bn, was disappearing under a mountain of unserviceable debt.

From The Guardian • Sep. 6, 2014

"At first," says our traveller, "the Peruvian horse-trappings appear to a stranger both unwieldy and unserviceable; but he soon becomes convinced of their suitableness, and even finds them handsome."

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 by Various