How to Use unsalvageable in a Sentence

unsalvageable

adjective
  • This is called force majeure, and means the movie is unsalvageable.
    — Eleanor Hildebrandt, Popular Mechanics, 21 Dec. 2018
  • What remains is likely to be in worse shape or even unsalvageable.
    — Dara Massicot, Foreign Affairs, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Harming, in part or in whole, any group is a grave and unsalvageable loss for all humankind.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The building is unsalvageable and will need to come down, Lakamp said.
    — Madeline Mitchell, Cincinnati.com, 28 Aug. 2019
  • Those were deemed unsalvageable, with the exception of the door.
    — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 22 July 2024
  • But the series still seemed unsalvageable.
    — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Flame prints are almost unsalvageable, except toned down as mentioned above.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 31 Jan. 2018
  • In the end, when Meyer quit his job at UF, his team was unsalvageable.
    — Joseph Goodman, AL.com, 29 Jan. 2018
  • Consider these items unsalvageable and toss them into the trash.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Whatever the reason, the charred piece of bread is unsalvageable and so, you’re forced to throw it out and make another batch.
    — Shaeden Berry, refinery29.com, 16 Jan. 2024
  • When shopping the clearance section, avoid plants that may be unsalvageable or could spread disease or pests to your current plants.
    — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 8 Jan. 2026
  • On top of her short-term concerns, Brown also worries that if her home deemed is unsalvageable, she’ll be pressured to sell it.
    — Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2021
  • As people who survived wars and genocides teach us, many worlds have ended before us; some worlds are unsalvageable and not worth saving.
    — WIRED, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Nancy Long restored unsalvageable structures and built a landmark on her own.
    — Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Dec. 2022
  • Much of the material was unsalvageable, burned or shredded into tiny pieces.
    — New York Times, 13 Aug. 2021
  • About 3,000 square feet of mats and subfloor were soaked inside the gym — most of it likely unsalvageable.
    — Adrienne Davis, jsonline.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The airline blamed rising oil prices for the business’s unsalvageable position.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 2 May 2026
  • Consider these items unsalvageable and discard them.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Feb. 2026
  • If the Paul-Harden relationship was truly unsalvageable, then this trade makes more sense.
    — Rohan Nadkarni, SI.com, 11 July 2019
  • Nowhere good, is the answer, as these pitiable, middle-aged misfits gradually reveal lives that are likely unsalvageable.
    — Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 1 May 2025
  • If the pads are torn or otherwise unsalvageable, get a replacement set; most helmet makers offer them at a nominal price, even for some older models.
    — Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 17 July 2021
  • Severely damaged by the tornado, the house was deemed unsalvageable and was taken down by the army of backhoes and demolition crews razing much of what’s left.
    — Nick Roll, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Feb. 2022
  • The pastry filling is best enjoyed the first time around, as Brigman says this is another one that'll separate and become unsalvageable.
    — Samantha Vincenty, Women's Health, 6 May 2023
  • Just as the Jazz had started to become nationally relevant, he was scrapped from its long-term plans, another top pick deemed unsalvageable.
    — Connor Letourneau, SFChronicle.com, 12 July 2019
  • That is, not coincidentally, what Watkins does, as the most riveting voice of the unsalvageable West.
    — Hillary Kelly, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2021
  • The bone was in good condition but was surrounded by unsalvageable tissue and at a high risk of becoming infected or necrotic, a term for dying, doctors said.
    — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Conversations usually run dry after everyone sends too many texts in a row and the scramble of typos and out-of-context comments is unsalvageable.
    — Michelle Santiago Cortés, refinery29.com, 13 May 2020
  • But the economy hasn’t descended into unsalvageable chaos because of an extra $600 a week.
    — Whizy Kim, refinery29.com, 29 July 2020
  • But in the last few decades, a mass of new evidence from archaeology and anthropology has appeared, leaving it all but unsalvageable.
    — George Scialabba, The New Republic, 1 Nov. 2021
  • If not for the extraordinarily sturdy structure — the work of a legion of skilled black craftsmen — the Shaw-area hotel would have been unsalvageable.
    — Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2020

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