nonviable
adjective
non·vi·a·ble
ˌnän-ˈvī-ə-bəl 
: not viable : not capable of living, growing, developing, or functioning successfully
nonviable cells
a nonviable solution
… states that adopted the insurance reforms into law might find their markets nonviable without the federal subsidies and mandates.—
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Examples of nonviable in a Sentence
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Some believe embryos – even if frozen, in a test tube, and nonviable unless implanted – should be protected as human.
—Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Mar. 2024
In post-Roe America, women detail agony of being forced to carry nonviable pregnancies to term
Only four abortions in the state in 2023
One expert says the family was failed by the system.
—Rachel Scott, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2024
Guests at Thursday’s State of the Union address included Kate Cox (the Dallas woman forced to leave Texas in order to terminate her nonviable pregnancy) and Elizabeth Carr, the first baby to be born via IVF in 1981.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2024
In the past, Jackie and Shadow have lost eggs that have been nonviable, and some have been eaten by ravens.
—Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2024
Jones said the state additionally has an interest in orderly elections and excluding nonviable candidates from ballots, which can confuse voters.
—Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Feb. 2024
For more than an hour, Detective Nick Carney interviewed Watts, 33, about the details of that morning and the whereabouts of the nearly 22-week-old fetus that was declared nonviable two days earlier.
—Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
The suit also argues that patients with nonviable pregnancies that pose risks to patients' health are unable to get care in North Dakota and have to travel out of state.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 23 Jan. 2024
Both the autopsy and expert testimony show that the fetus died while in the womb and was nonviable.
—Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 12 Jan. 2024
Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Mar. 2024
In post-Roe America, women detail agony of being forced to carry nonviable pregnancies to term
Only four abortions in the state in 2023
One expert says the family was failed by the system.
—Rachel Scott, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2024
Guests at Thursday’s State of the Union address included Kate Cox (the Dallas woman forced to leave Texas in order to terminate her nonviable pregnancy) and Elizabeth Carr, the first baby to be born via IVF in 1981.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2024
In the past, Jackie and Shadow have lost eggs that have been nonviable, and some have been eaten by ravens.
—Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2024
Jones said the state additionally has an interest in orderly elections and excluding nonviable candidates from ballots, which can confuse voters.
—Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Feb. 2024
For more than an hour, Detective Nick Carney interviewed Watts, 33, about the details of that morning and the whereabouts of the nearly 22-week-old fetus that was declared nonviable two days earlier.
—Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
The suit also argues that patients with nonviable pregnancies that pose risks to patients' health are unable to get care in North Dakota and have to travel out of state.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 23 Jan. 2024
Both the autopsy and expert testimony show that the fetus died while in the womb and was nonviable.
—Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 12 Jan. 2024
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First Known Use
1871, in the meaning defined above
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nonviable
adjective
non·vi·a·ble
-ˈvī-ə-bəl
: not capable of living, growing, or developing and functioning successfully
nonviable embryos
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