unseaworthy

Adjective

Meaning

unfit for a voyage

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

talkative seaworthy oozing navigability seaworthiness draughty drippy leaking leaky unequipped unfurnished unnavigable drafty unseaworthiness

Antonyms

seaworthy navigable nautical seafaring watertight leakproof

Examples

Quarstein, 2010, p. 106 While the design of Monitor was well-suited for river combat, her low freeboard and heavy turret made her highly unseaworthy in rough waters. Source: Internet

While Campbell refers to heavy batteries requiring a "load-bearing hull" and "cranky, even unseaworthy vessels", Desmond points out that electric boaters tend to prefer efficient, low-wash hull forms that are more friendly to river banks. Source: Internet

Stanley and the Falkland Islands are famous as the repository of many wrecks of 19th-century ships that reached the islands only to be condemned as unseaworthy and were often employed as floating warehouses by local merchants. Source: Internet

The ship called in for provisions at the Juan Fernández Islands off Chile, and Selkirk judged correctly that his craft was unseaworthy and asked to be left there. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

unseated unseater unseaworthiness unseceding unsecluded unseconded