unserviceable

Example Sentences

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About two hours into the flight, crew members reported that some of the toilets were "unserviceable".

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2025

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

By way of precaution, our vessel was fastened to a large tree, which proved our safety, for the rudder was soon afterwards deranged, and rendered unserviceable.

From Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII by Maximilian, Alexander Philipp