Need another word that means the same as “unusable”? Find 23 synonyms for “unusable” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Unusable” are: unserviceable, unuseable, futile, pointless, purposeless, impractical, vain, in vain, to no purpose, to no avail, unavailing, bootless, nugatory, hopeless, ineffectual, inefficacious, impotent, fruitless, unprofitable, profitless, unproductive, unachievable, sisyphean
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “unusable” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| bootless | (of a task or undertaking) ineffectual; useless. Remonstrating with him seems ever to have been a bootless task. |
| fruitless | Unproductive of success. A fruitless search. |
| futile | Producing no result or effect. A futile effort. |
| hopeless | Very bad or incompetent. The situation is hopeless. |
| impotent | Unable to take effective action; helpless or powerless. Technology without morality is barbarous morality without technology is impotent. |
| impractical | (of a person) not skilled or interested in doing practical work. Impractical high heels. |
| in vain | Currently fashionable. |
| ineffectual | (of a person) lacking the ability or qualities to fulfil a role or handle a situation. She was neglectful and ineffectual as a parent. |
| inefficacious | Lacking the power to produce a desired effect. Social conventions honed over thousands of years were suddenly inefficacious. |
| nugatory | Of no value or importance. The teacher shortages will render nugatory the hopes of implementing the new curriculum. |
| pointless | Not having a point especially a sharp point. It s pointless to plan too far ahead. |
| profitless | Without profit or reward. Let us have no part in profitless quarrels. |
| purposeless | Not evidencing any purpose or goal. A life essentially purposeless. |
| sisyphean | Of or relating to Sisyphus. |
| to no avail | Quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns for indicating a complete or almost complete lack or zero quantity of. |
| to no purpose | Quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns for indicating a complete or almost complete lack or zero quantity of. |
| unachievable | (of an aim or objective) too difficult to be achieved. An unachievable political goal. |
| unavailing | Producing no result or effect. An unavailing attempt. |
| unproductive | (of an activity or period) not achieving much; not very useful. Unproductive meetings. |
| unprofitable | (of a business or activity) not yielding profit or financial gain. The mines became increasingly unprofitable. |
| unserviceable | Not capable of being used. Unserviceable equipment may be replaced. |
| unuseable | Not capable of being used. |
| vain | Having or showing an excessively high opinion of one’s appearance, abilities, or worth. A vain attempt to tidy up the room. |
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