Antonyms for useable


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


Definition of useable

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French usable (early 14c.), from user (see use). Not a common word before c.1840. Related: Usably.
  • As in conformable : adj appropriate; matching
Example sentences :
  • Their five useable 4·5 howitzers had been placed in a perfect how.
  • Extract from : « Pushed and the Return Push » by George Herbert Fosdike Nichols, (AKA Quex)
  • Each has a useable length of 1000 feet, a useable width of 110 feet.
  • Extract from : « South America Observations and Impressions » by James Bryce
  • Your ankle should be useable by the time our next supply plane from Hawaii takes off.
  • Extract from : « Tabby » by Winston Marks
  • Evidently he rigged up a furnace and melted the metal into useable form.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Pact » by Mildred A. Wirt
  • To peff, meaning to cough faintly (like a sheep), is hardly a useable word.
  • Extract from : « Five Hundred Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Pronouncing, and Writing the English Language, Corrected » by Anonymous
  • For silk dyeing the above soap is suitable, although any well-made soap of good odor and not rancid is useable.
  • Extract from : « Soap-Making Manual » by E. G. Thomssen
  • Other safety appliances are useful and necessary, but not useable in certain conditions of weather.
  • Extract from : « The Loss of the SS. Titanic » by Lawrence Beesley
  • Not all of them were well made, but most of them were useable for stage traffic which had greatly increased.
  • Extract from : « Montreal 1535-1914, Volume II (of 2) » by William Henry Atherton
  • How did the Indian civilizations of the New World learn to harden gold into a useable point for a cutting weapon?
  • Extract from : « The Time Traders » by Andre Norton
  • In this instance a plea was entered for a useable small unit rate as against the wholesale charge.
  • Extract from : « Railroads: Rates and Regulations » by William Z. Ripley

Synonyms for useable

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