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seaworthy

[see-wur-thee] / ˈsiˌwɜr ði /
ADJECTIVE
fit for sea
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"The submarine met all standards and requirements. It is false that it was not seaworthy."

From Barron's Mar. 4, 2026

These features, along with previous reconstruction experiments, indicate these were seaworthy vessels, a conclusion supported by the presence at the site of stone tools linked to nearby islands.

From Science Daily Mar. 20, 2024

Coast Guard said there were no injuries to the 19 crew members aboard the vessel, Genius Star XI, and that it remained seaworthy.

From New York Times Dec. 30, 2023

Whether that is good or not is a matter of opinion, but at least at such times these old regulations could have been more easily swept aside and replaced by more seaworthy ones.

From Seattle Times Nov. 28, 2023

By then, my mother had acquired a motor-boat, a small and not very seaworthy white wooden vessel which sat far too low in the water and was powered by an unreliable one-cylinder engine.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl



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