functionless, impractical, in disrepair, inapplicable, inoperable, inoperative, nonfunctional, nonutilitarian, otiose, out of order, out of whack, unconducive, unemployable, unfit, unhelpful, unsuitable, unusable, unworkable, useless
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Of the deep-sea cables within the first twelve years, placed the probable life of a cable as low as fifteen years, but the weeding out of unserviceable types of construction, and the general improvement in materials, have by degrees extended that first estimate, until now the limit may be safely placed at not less than forty years. [Please select]
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Indeed, the most complete knowledge of the laws of nature would have been unserviceable in her case; for it was impossible to classify her. [Please select]
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The private trade carried on by the members of the missions was equally unserviceable to the Chinese. [Please select]
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Put away the unserviceable beauty; to the hospital with the useless mouths. [Please select]
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"Ten thousand men are without arms, or with arms unserviceable and broken." [Please select]
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This now unserviceable knowledge is neatly inclosed in the outgrown shell he threw off two or three years ago. [Please select]
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[39] When parcels of Mr Bakewell's best sheep became, from any defect, unserviceable to him, he used to fatten them for the butcher. [Please select]
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Organdy's the most unserviceable stuff in the world anyhow, and I told Matthew so when he got it. [Please select]
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They rested for two hours before advancing--waiting until the rise of the tide should render the sands unserviceable for cavalry, their main reliance being upon their infantry. [Please select]
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Of the steam fleet one was on the Lakes, five were unserviceable, seventeen were in foreign parts, and nine laid up in navy yards and out of service. [Please select]
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