Single-word adjective for "which should be repaired"

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I'm looking for a term to characterise things which should be repaired. I am also looking for an antonym to go with it.

Imagine I have two boxes, one with phones which should be repaired and the second with others. I have to label each box with a single short word because the boxes are very small.

Repairable does not work because it describes things which can be repaired. So what are your recommendations?

Fattie · Accepted Answer

Broken.

For the other box, working.

If you are in the USA, you'll want something more complicated sounding. So: inoperative. Operative.

Neeku · Answer

"To be" would make the form of the adjective that you want; in this case "To be repaired" or for a shorter one, "To be fixed", but as far as I know, English doesn't have that kind of structure to provide the adjective you want with a suffix or so.

Answered by Neeku on January 26, 2021

user83378 · Answer

I would suggest "reparanda", based on words such as "agenda" meaning "things requiring to be discussed", "Referenda" meaning "things requiring to be referred" and "memoranda" meaning "things requiring to be remembered" from the Latin gerund or gerundive.

Answered by user83378 on January 26, 2021

Frank · Answer

For the box of things that should be repaired you could use Salvage

salvage transitive verb
: to save (something valuable or important) : to prevent the loss of (something)

"salvage." 2014.
In Merriam-Webster.com.
Retrieved July 8, 2014 http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salvage

But this definition of salvage might be better

salvage

— n
2.  a. the act of saving any goods or property in danger of damage or destruction

Dictionary.com, "salvage," in Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition. Source location: HarperCollins Publishers. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/salvage. Available: http://dictionary.reference.com. Accessed: July 08, 2014.

For the box of things that should not be repaired you could uses Spares

Spare
noun
20.
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.

Dictionary.com, "Spares," in Dictionary.com Unabridged.Source location: Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Spares.Available: http://dictionary.reference.com.Accessed: July 08, 2014.

James Waldby - jwpat7 · Answer

You could label the box with any of the verbs fix, mend, fix up, repair, service, etc.

Edit: For a box with items in good working order, consider OK and good.  For a box with items beyond hope, consider shot (“(colloquial) Worn out or broken”) and parts.  You could have a box labeled OK, a box  labeled Fix, and a box labeled Shot.

Source for quotes and links: Wiktionary

crowne · Answer

I would go with save and strip
Phones that can be saved go in the save bin,
others go in the strip bin to be stripped down into component pieces.

James · Answer

I think the clearest, shortest way to say it is For Repair

d'alar'cop · Answer

If you want to create a word (borrow from Latin): emendanda - literally "things which are needed/intended to be fixed".

Mimp · Answer

Repair - for those that should be fixed.

NFG - for those that are No F*ing Good any more, but could be salvaged from.

Ramzi Germanos · Answer

I will go for "For repair" as a label on the box.

Single-word adjective for "which should be repaired"

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