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Meaning of nonairworthy | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Not meeting the standards for safe flight; unsafe for use in flight.
    not-comparable
  2. Unrelated to airworthiness.
    not-comparable

Examples

“Ideal ornamentation for his den wall is a real (but nonairworthy) wooden propeller.”
“By order of the Administrator, this aircraft is declared nonairworthy and is hereby grounded.”
“Observers do not intervene unless there is an imminent safety issue or if an aircraft would be flown in a nonairworthy condition.”
“We had a perfectly good airplane with a nonairworthy, nonrepairable engine.”
“Reginald Buffet, who served for a time as respondent's superintendent of maintenance, testified that all airworthy items were written in the log, and only nonairworthy items were submitted on a separate piece of paper. He cited as an example of a nonairworthy item the extension of a reclining seat (transcript 552, 553) .”
“Construction is basically of actual helicopter nonairworthy components with only the minimum electrical system installed as necessary for the operation of the hydraulic and control system .”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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