Meaning of unrebuildable | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Too damaged to be rebuilt.
2. Unable to be made roadworthy; legally usable for parts or scrap only.

Examples

“Second, Engelhard states that the weighted cost approach should be adjusted to reflect an additional cost to transit operators who rebuild in-house, because parts are occasionally unrebuildable due to catastrophic failure.”

“They were unrebuildable, and it was decided that they had to be torn down.”

“For Hamburg, which was completely destroyed by aerial bombardment and, as far as he was concerned, unrebuildable, the planner Fritz Schumacher proposed in 1944 “joining together [surviving buildings] somewhere to create a 'historic centre' however modest."”

“A Kentucky salvage certificate of title may be issued from an out-of-state junking certificate or other ownership document bearing a designation of "junk," "unrebuildable,” or other similar classification that disqualifies the vehicle from being titled for use on the highway in that state with the following provisions:”

“Just as far as when a vehicle is determined unrebuildable and salvage, basically it is good for parts only.”

“These are the same vehicles that are not allowed on the road in the U.. but they bring the cars here and fix them back to about 85% of their original state. The U.S. calls these vehicles salvage vehicles and unrebuildable title cars and they can only be shipped out of the country or used for parts.”

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