How to Use unseaworthy in a Sentence

unseaworthy

adjective
  • Libya is a hub for migrants and refugees, many of whom try to reach Europe in unseaworthy boats.
    — Reuters, The Mercury News, 25 July 2019
  • Scores died when their unseaworthy boats sank or capsized during the short but perilous crossing.
    — Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2020
  • The removal of the trim tabs and the faulty repairs rendered the boat unseaworthy and in poor condition.
    — Dave Altimari, courant.com, 25 Sep. 2016
  • This boat was unseaworthy & no matter what some people on board may have said, the notion of distress cannot be discussed.
    — Claire Parker, Washington Post, 15 June 2023
  • Many are unseaworthy, or set out in bad weather, and fatal accidents have been common.
    — ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Hundreds died at sea due to a combination of lack of supplies, stormy seas and unseaworthy vessels.
    — Anita Rachman, WSJ, 6 Apr. 2018
  • Photographs of the needy huddled in unseaworthy craft recall the migrant crisis of five years ago.
    — The Economist, 15 Aug. 2020
  • At least 723 people are known to have either died or gone missing taking this route on unseaworthy boats so far this year.
    — Renata Brito, Star Tribune, 1 July 2021
  • From those busy ports, migrants could stow away on trucks, generally a less risky option than crossing in often unseaworthy small vessels.
    — Megan Specia, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2020
  • Most cross in rickety inflatable boats or other unseaworthy vessels.
    — Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2018
  • Carman filled the holes with putty, which was inadequate and made the boat unseaworthy, several witnesses said.
    — Shelley Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2019
  • Those who do make it out of the detention centers, and take to the sea on packed, unseaworthy boats, rely on rescues by European vessels for their survival.
    — Lorenzo D'agostino, CNN, 23 Dec. 2017
  • Such aggressive moves could violate maritime law and endanger lives, if migrant vessels were unseaworthy and in distress.
    — Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2021
  • The case comes amid strong reluctance in Italy to take in any more of the migrants who human traffickers launch toward Europe in unseaworthy boats.
    — Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2018
  • Ryan Sims, a cook on the boat who broke his leg trying to escape the flames, claimed in a separate lawsuit that the boat was unseaworthy and operated in an unsafe manner.
    — Fox News, 28 Sep. 2019
  • Ever-increasing numbers of people fleeing conflict or poverty are risking the perilous journey in small, unseaworthy craft.
    — NBC News, 25 Nov. 2021
  • However, the coast guards of the two countries also carry out rescues of migrants on the often unseaworthy vessels people smugglers launch from Libya.
    — Frank Jordans, BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2019
  • Charity ships say rescuing migrants from flimsy, unseaworthy smuggling boats, or in many cases straight from the water, is their legal obligation.
    — Colleen Barry and Renata Brito, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Whether or not that’s true doesn’t matter, just the outcome—after sea trials, Vixen and her sister, Viper, were considered too slow and were deemed unseaworthy.
    — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 10 Mar. 2022
  • Johnson is right that the people who benefit most from the migration are people smugglers, who charge thousands of dollars for passage in often-unseaworthy vessels.
    — Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 14 Aug. 2020
  • Most migrants attempt to cross the 50 or so miles from Bimini to Florida aboard unseaworthy or overloaded boats.
    — Hannah Dormido, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Migrants endure weeks and months of those conditions, awaiting passage in unseaworthy rubber dinghies or rickety fishing boats arranged by human traffickers.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Oct. 2021
  • Libya is a hub for migrants and refugees, many of whom try to reach Europe in unseaworthy boats, fleeing violence and dire poverty in Africa for a better life in Europe.
    — Reuters, The Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2019
  • Meanwhile, migrants are continuing to brave frigid weather in small boats and unseaworthy dinghies in hopes of getting to British shores to seek asylum or better opportunities.
    — Danica Kirka, ajc, 25 Nov. 2021
  • Separately, Ryan Sims, a cook on the vessel who broke his leg trying to escape the flames, claimed in his own lawsuit that the boat was unseaworthy and operated in an unsafe manner.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Oct. 2019
  • Cornelius Vanderbilt made a fortune during the Civil War selling the Union army unseaworthy vessels.
    — Russell Shorto, Time, 17 Mar. 2021
  • Roughly one of every six migrants who set out in traffickers’ unseaworthy boats from Libya perished at sea last month, UN refugee agency officials said on Friday.
    — Frances D’emilio, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2018
  • The policy is meant to discourage such migrants, many of whose voyages have ended in disaster after people smugglers pushed them out to sea from Indonesian ports, crowded onto unseaworthy vessels.
    — Michelle Innis and Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2016
  • Christian’s complaint also said the ship was unseaworthy and that its deceased captain, Robin Walbridge, had been negligent in sailing it into hurricane conditions.
    — The Editors, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2014
  • The fishing vessel, like most smugglers’ ships in the waters between Libya and Italy, had been decommissioned and declared unseaworthy, its identifying numbers scratched off and flag removed.
    — Barbie Latza Nadeau, Scientific American, 13 May 2016

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