inviable
adjective
in·vi·a·ble
(ˌ)in-ˈvī-ə-bəl 
: incapable of surviving especially because of a deleterious genetic constitution
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Only toward the end of the book does Gates acknowledge that the business of personal computers (including Microsoft’s) would have been inviable without decades of R&D support, made possible by taxpayers through grants from the National Science Foundation.
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Reid Singer, Outside Online, 24 Feb. 2021
It is largely believed peppers developed capsaicin as a defense mechanism to prevent animals — likely rodents, whose grinding teeth render seeds inviable — from eating them.
—Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Nov. 2022
However, while both early embryos and late fetuses can become inviable due to genetic errors, early and late abortions are regulated very differently.
—Kathryn Kavanagh, The Conversation, 1 Sep. 2022
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Reid Singer, Outside Online, 24 Feb. 2021
It is largely believed peppers developed capsaicin as a defense mechanism to prevent animals — likely rodents, whose grinding teeth render seeds inviable — from eating them.
—Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Nov. 2022
However, while both early embryos and late fetuses can become inviable due to genetic errors, early and late abortions are regulated very differently.
—Kathryn Kavanagh, The Conversation, 1 Sep. 2022
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inviable
adjective
in·vi·a·ble
(ˈ)in-ˈvī-ə-bəl
: incapable of surviving especially because of a deleterious genetic constitution
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