Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not fit for a voyage: applied to a ship not in a fit state, as to repairs, equipments, crew, and all respects, to encounter the ordinary perils of a sea voyage.

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  • adjective Unfit for a sea voyage.

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  • adjective unfit for a voyage

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Examples

  • Then, over the past two years, they've sunk a dozen emptied migrant boats they deemed "unseaworthy" - setting them ablaze and firing on them with their .50-caliber guns.

    THE NEWS BLOG 2005

  • If it turned out to be "unseaworthy" I should have to kick my heels in Napo for three or four weeks while a new one was being chopped out.

    Head Hunters of the Amazon: Seven Years of Exploration and Adventure 1923

  • On Tuesday, the U.N. refugee agency urged crews of ships in the Mediterranean to keep watch for unseaworthy vessels carrying migrants from Libya.

    Libyan Officials Profit From Migrants Richard Boudreaux 2011

  • It says an increasing number of people are leaving in unseaworthy vessels and then encountering problems.

    UN Ask Mariners to Aid Libyan Refugees in Mediterranean 2011

  • In these, overloaded, unseaworthy, they battled down the long chain of lakes.

    The Shrinkage of the Planet 2010

  • It says an increasing number of people are leaving in unseaworthy vessels and then encountering problems.

    UN Ask Mariners to Aid Libyan Refugees in Mediterranean 2011

  • Also Tuesday, the U.N. refugee agency said Libyan authorities appeared to be encouraging African migrants to board unseaworthy boats bound for Europe.

    Libya's oil minister flees to Tunisia 2011

  • It says an increasing number of people are leaving in unseaworthy vessels and then encountering problems.

    UN Ask Mariners to Aid Libyan Refugees in Mediterranean 2011

  • Unlike much of the developed world, Australia avoided a recession last year, which has been cited by some would-be migrants as boosting the country's attractiveness as a destination, despite the riskiness of the sea voyage in often unseaworthy craft and cramped conditions.

    Australia Toughens Asylum-Seeker Policy 2010

  • Unlike much of the developed world, Australia avoided a recession last year, which has been cited by some would-be migrants as boosting the country's attractiveness as a destination, despite the riskiness of the sea voyage in often unseaworthy craft and cramped conditions.

    On Some Asylum Requests Rachel Pannett 2010

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