unrebuildable

From un- +‎ rebuild +‎ -able.

unrebuildable (comparative more unrebuildable, superlative most unrebuildable)

1. Too damaged to be rebuilt.
   • 1997 March 14, “Retrofit/Reguild Requirements for 1993 and Earlier Model Year Urban Buses; Approval of a Notification of Intent to Certify Equipment”, in Federal Register, volume 62, number 50, page 12177:

     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.

   • 2006, Gregory Butler, Lost Towers: Inside the World Trade Center Cleanup, page 47:

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

   • 2021, Gerhard Vinken, Zones of Tradition - Places of Identity, page 184:

     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."

2. (law, automotive) Unable to be made roadworthy; legally usable for parts or scrap only.
   • 1969, Absalom Crosem Russell, Ray Corns, Baldwin's Kentucky Revised Statutes, with Rules of Practice, page 45:

     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:

   • 2006, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection, Car Title Fraud, page 134:

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

   • 2011, Julian Pedican, Progress: Answers and Solutions for a More Progressive Bahamas, page 47:

     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.