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Antonyms for usable

Grammar : Adj
Spell : yoo-zuh-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈyu zə bəl


Definition of usable

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French usable (early 14c.), from user (see use). Not a common word before c.1840. Related: Usably.
  • adj available, working
Example sentences :
  • They would not travel in usable paths, so they were never developed.
  • Extract from : « The Black Star Passes » by John W Campbell
  • The result was that when the saddle of mutton was served, she had no usable knife.
  • Extract from : « A Little Country Girl » by Susan Coolidge
  • No education is usable which has frills, Mr. Breeze insists.
  • Extract from : « The New Education » by Scott Nearing
  • His copy was certainly inaccurate in places, but it was usable.
  • Extract from : « The Son of a Servant » by August Strindberg
  • If the edge is only slightly uneven it can be bent so that it is usable.
  • Extract from : « A Little Preserving Book for a Little Girl » by Amy Waterman
  • The fingers of Phineas's only usable hand were clenched instantly.
  • Extract from : « The Hero of Panama » by F. S. Brereton
  • This is clear, but it is not so usable for beginners as Simson's definition.
  • Extract from : « The Teaching of Geometry » by David Eugene Smith
  • This has been taken by some writers as the definition of a plane, but it is too abstract to be usable.
  • Extract from : « The Teaching of Geometry » by David Eugene Smith
  • Some of the walls may be usable in rebuilding, and they want me to be one of the arbitrators.
  • Extract from : « The Cottage of Delight » by Will N. Harben
  • It should be recognized that costs can be only approximate and are usable as guides only.
  • Extract from : « A Living from the Land » by William B. Duryee

Synonyms for usable

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