as in impractical
not capable of being put to use or account
the company decided that the proposed reorganization of its operations was unworkable due to high costs
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Recent Examples of unworkable
Ideas that seemed intriguing in the salons of Paris—ideas like dividing the whole country up into eighty-one uniform squares, each administered as a unit of local government—turned out to be ridiculously unworkable.
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Paul Kingsnorth, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Yet that path now looks unworkable.
—Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
But as the demonstration began to wind down, police and protest organizers sparred over the number of arrests as the organizers sought to show that the law was unworkable.
—Danica Kirka, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2025
However, having a bulky transformer near each circuit element is unworkable.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 May 2024
See All Example Sentences for unworkable
Paul Kingsnorth, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Yet that path now looks unworkable.
—Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
But as the demonstration began to wind down, police and protest organizers sparred over the number of arrests as the organizers sought to show that the law was unworkable.
—Danica Kirka, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2025
However, having a bulky transformer near each circuit element is unworkable.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 May 2024
See All Example Sentences for unworkable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unworkable
Adjective
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But as someone who lives in an NYC apartment and doesn’t have the worries of car ownership or a pet to clean up after, the machine felt bulky and impractical for my lifestyle.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
7 Oct. 2025
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The girls are wearing heeled white dance shoes that are defiantly impractical for the city streets, in striking contrast to the robust sneakers that everyone else has on.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Miles are useless for trying to define how enormous our galaxy is.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
12 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement One Battle After Another, Eddington, and The Mastermind all comedically register white men as useless political collaborators.—
Robert Daniels,
Time,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Financial promotion rules prevent inappropriate marketing to unsuitable investors.—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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According to a study published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment in 2024, up to 70% of current wine-producing regions could become unsuitable for growing grapes if global temperatures rise by more than 2°C above pre-industrial levels.—
Miguel A. Torres,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
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