Definition of "unroadworthy" []

• Describing a vehicle which is not safe for use on the road. (adjective)

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• "We anticipated as much when we went to book it as many companies turned us away saying their bus had arrived in an 'unroadworthy' state and needed a day of repair!"
• "Somehow, idle in their yards for the past seven weeks, 287 buses have become unroadworthy."
• "I could do this to find the best places to lie in wait for a drink driver on his way home, (His - because they were mainly middle aged men - driving alone - driving Vauxhall Cavaliers …) and to pull over petty criminals in unroadworthy cars (by looking out for aged and decrepit Metros, Maestros, Fiestas, Escorts, Novas, Astras and the faithful Cavalier again …)"