unwearable
/' n'we r bl/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Not suitable for wear or able to be worn: Describes an item, typically clothing or footwear, that is unfit to be worn. This can be due to damage, poor condition, extreme discomfort, or being out of fashion.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
Advanced Usage
- Figurative Use: Can describe an idea, role, or situation that is intolerable or impossible to maintain.
- In Fashion/Criticism: Used to critique clothing designs considered too impractical, uncomfortable, or aesthetically displeasing to be worn.
Variants and Related Words
- Unwearability (noun): The quality or state of being unwearable.
- Wearable (adjective): The direct opposite, meaning fit or suitable to be worn.
Synonyms
- Unserviceable: Not in working order or fit for use.
- Unusable: Not able to be used.
- Tattered: Old and torn; in poor condition (implies the state causing something to be unwearable).
Antonyms
- Wearable: Suitable for wearing.
- Serviceable: In good enough condition to be used.
- Usable: Able to be used.
Adjective
- not suitable for wear or able to be worn
- shoes so dilapidated as to be unwearable