Was heißt »un­brauch­bar« auf Englisch?

Das Adjektiv un­brauch­bar lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • useless

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Warum häuft er in seiner Wohnung so viel unbrauchbares Zeug an?

Why does he hoard so much useless stuff in his flat?

Ich wollte ein Foto machen von einem Eichhörnchen, dass ich ihm Park gefunden hatte, aber es war zu flink und alle meine Aufnahmen waren unbrauchbar.

I was going to take a picture of a squirrel I found in the park, but it was too nimble, and all my shots were no good.

Synonyme

hin:
lost
to
hi­n­ü­ber:
across
over
in­ad­äquat:
inadequate
inappropriate
ir­re­pa­ra­bel:
irreparable
ka­po­res:
broken
damaged
defective
in half
in two
torn
ka­putt:
broken
broken-down
bust
fucked-up
kaput
knackered
out of order
ruined
shattered
ma­ro­de:
indisposed
nutz­los:
futile
un­an­ge­bracht:
inappropriate
un­an­ge­mes­sen:
improper
inadequate
inadequately
inappropriate
incommensurate
incommensurately
inopportune
undue
unrealistically
unreasonable
unsuitable
un­ge­eig­net:
improper
inapplicable
inappropriate
inapt
inept
unapt
uneligible
unfit
unqualified
unsuitable
un­güns­tig:
inconvenient
unfavourable
un­pas­send:
improper
inconvenient
un­taug­lich:
unfit
unsuited
un­wirk­sam:
ineffective
wid­rig:
adverse
zer­bro­chen:
broken
cracked
zer­stört:
destroyed

Antonyme

brauch­bar:
suitable
useful
viable
nütz­lich:
useful

Englische Beispielsätze

  • This old keyboard is useless!

  • Such a thing is useless.

  • There's nothing useless in nature.

  • "I forgot to get the tofu!" "Oh, you're useless! You'd better get a shift on, then – shops'll be shut in half an hour!"

  • This book is not only useless but even harmful.

  • Can knowledge be useless?

  • Yuri bought useless rubbish.

  • My mobile is useless in this dead zone.

  • Don't waste your pocket money on useless things.

  • Tom's French is useless. Even my nan speaks it better.

  • I'm useless with names, but I never forget a face.

  • That's completely useless.

  • Tom felt useless.

  • You're a useless man.

  • You're a useless husband.

  • It is as useless as a chocolate teapot.

  • "I doubt that even deer want to drink the water," he added. "It's useless."

  • I have seen everything done in this world, and I tell you, it is all useless. It is like chasing the wind.

  • My boyfriend is useless.

  • All the wealth in the world is useless when death comes knocking on your door.

Un­brauch­bar übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: unbrauchbar. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2024, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: unbrauchbar. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2024, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Satzbeispiele] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 1707511, 2018396, 12390098, 12347572, 12210077, 12201486, 12130790, 11952849, 11951149, 11812289, 11770661, 11209265, 10726492, 10361371, 9975373, 9560040, 9559455, 8806605, 8351034, 7009911, 6997342 & 6116171. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR