δύσχρηστος

English (LSJ)

ον, (χράομαι)

   A hard to use, inconvenient, opp. εὔχρηστος, Hp.Aph.2.54, cf. Sch.Il.Oxy.221 vii 14; ἱππικὸν στράτευμα ἐν νυκτὶ . . δ. X.Cyr.3.3.26; intractable, κύνες Id.Cyn.3.11; of troops, Plb.4.11.8 (Sup.); δ. ἐξουσία hard to use well, Isoc.8.103; δύσχρηστα inconveniences, Cic. Att.7.5.3, cf. D.S.4.8. Adv. -τως, διακεῖσθαι to be in difficulties, unmanageable, of ships, Plb.1.61.4; of troops, ἀπαλλάττειν Id.4.64.7; δ. ἔχειν Plu.Aem.19:—synon. for οὐ χρησίμως, Str.17.2.4.