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unflyable
adjective
uk /ˌʌnˈflaɪ.ə.bəl/ us /ˌʌnˈflaɪ.ə.bəl/
(of an aircraft) not able or suitable to be flown:
If both the main and standby instruments fail, the plane basically becomes unflyable.
It is likely that the fleet will become almost unflyable in a few years.
(of weather) not suitable for flying in:
The race was delayed by unflyable weather.
The number of unflyable days is now only about one percent of the total.
Many of the aircraft were unflyable without major repair.
Most modern planes are simply unflyable without the aid of computers.
In modern aircraft, no single failure of a key component should make the aircraft unflyable.
The forecast did not suggest that there would be unflyable weather.
We have very few unflyable weather days here.
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