unserviceable

(ʌnˈsɜːvɪsəbəl)

adj

not suitable to be used

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Adj.	1.	unserviceable - not ready for service; "unserviceable equipment may be replaced" nonfunctional - not having or performing a function useless - having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully; "a kitchen full of useless gadgets"; "she is useless in an emergency" serviceable - ready for service or able to give long service; "serviceable equipment"; "heavy serviceable fabrics"
	2.	unserviceable - not capable of being used unusable, unuseable useless - having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully; "a kitchen full of useless gadgets"; "she is useless in an emergency"

unserviceable

adjective

Incapable of being used or availed of to advantage:

impracticable, impractical, unnegotiable, unusable, unworkable, useless.

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unserviceable

[ˈʌnˈsɜːvɪsəbl] ADJ → inservible, inútil

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

unserviceable

adj → unbrauchbar

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unserviceable

[ʌnˈsɜːvɪsəbl] adj → inservibile

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She might be defined, I reflected, as The Woman Who Is Worthy Of Us; but the improbability which every healthily conceited young man must feel of ever finding such a one made the definition seem a little unserviceable. Or, if you prefer, since we seem to be dealing with impossibles, we might turn about and more truly define her as The Woman of Whom We are Worthy, for who dare say that she exists?

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These last seemed to be regarded as nearly worthless by the natives; and several times they held up, one of them before me, and throwing it aside with a gesture of disgust, manifested their contempt for anything that could so soon become unserviceable.

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Organdy's the most unserviceable stuff in the world anyhow, and I told Matthew so when he got it.

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There was a legion of Sundays, all days of unserviceable bitterness and mortification, slowly passing before him.

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I am an unserviceable friend of hers, who began to know her after her departure from this neighbourhood.

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'However, it is very difficult to avoid unserviceable auto parts as a part of HMS because internationally it is a norm to consider unserviceable auto parts as a part of HMS and these parts have completed their life and remains unusable in the automobiles,' the association explained.

Govt asked to amend import rules for meltable scrap

The association highlighted that Pakistan Customs had differentiated between unserviceable auto parts and HMS and levies a much higher import tariff of 35pc on unserviceable auto parts.

Steel producers voice against higher import tariff on unserviceable auto parts

However, in this case, there was no evidence at all that the vehicles were unserviceable.

Ex-Nueva Ecija governor, mayors convicted of graft

CHECK YOUR AREA ANP SET UNSERVICEABLE CONVERTERS TURNEP IN THROUSH NORMAL SUPPLY CHANNELS TO CECOM.

Readiness soars with maintenance

Brauner in their report, "Improving the Army's Management of Reparable Spare Parts one problem in component repair is that the backhaul of unserviceable parts is the lowest priority for movement in the distribution system.

The component repair company

Exchange Pricing is designed to provide a more disciplined system for returning reparable items to the supply system, provide greater national-level visibility of reparable items (which will enable the National Maintenance Program to more accurately compute requirements), and reduce the number of financial transactions currently involved in the issue and turn-in process (by not granting credit for the return of unserviceable items).

Exchange pricing improves reparable item management

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