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Meanings of unseaworthy in English

Unfit for a voyage.

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        Examples for "seaworthy"
        1
        The two canoes were first tested and found to be absolutely seaworthy.
        The River of Darkness; Or, Under Africa
        2
        The craft seemed seaworthy, and he proceeded to forage for a punt-pole.
        The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories
        3
        On the surface, Mitt Romney's proposal to inflate the Navy is seaworthy.
        Wired
        4
        It was a heavy, slow, but luckily a stanch and seaworthy boat.
        Sally Dows
        5
        These ships, though open and without decks, were yet stout and seaworthy.
        The Dawn of Canadian History : A Chronicle of Aboriginal Canada
        Usage of unseaworthy in English
        1
        In these, overloaded, unseaworthy, they battled down the long chain of lakes.
        Revolution, and Other Essays
        2
        The migrants are taking often unseaworthy boats from Libya to Italy.
        Reuters
        3
        The Geier entered Honolulu on Oct. 15 in an unseaworthy condition.
        The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine / The Eur...
        4
        Many travel in overcrowded, unseaworthy boats after making large payments to unscrupulous middlemen.
        Reuters
        5
        Turret-ships, as first constructed, were very heavily, armoured, and in consequence rather unseaworthy.
        How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves / Updated to 1900
        6
        There were no indications the boat was unseaworthy, he said.
        Radio NZ
        7
        Although the Chrysolite carried five boats, no less than four of them were unseaworthy.
        Stories by English Authors: The Sea
        8
        A sailor never believes that his own ship is unseaworthy.
        The Sowers
        9
        Mainly African migrants are taking often unseaworthy boats from Libya to Italy, gateway to Europe.
        Reuters
        10
        The small boat is very much disabled and unseaworthy.
        Canyons of the Colorado
        11
        Captain Bouchier made this remark, I found, in consequence of the unseaworthy condition of his ship.
        Paddy Finn
        12
        Our ships were all unseaworthy from the first.
        Fifty-One Tales
        13
        The times were bad-his boat was old and unseaworthy- ahundredcrowns was a fortune to him.
        In the Reign of Terror: The Adventures of a Westminster Boy
        14
        The INVESTIGATOR being then found unseaworthy, he returned to Port Jackson, after a visit to, Timor.
        The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888
        15
        They are, with few exceptions, as unseaworthy as they are comfortless, which says a great deal.
        A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán
        16
        They were unseaworthy, smeared bitumen-black, with big wooden structures built precariously at the stern and bow.
        The Scar
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