nonviable

adjective

non·vi·a·ble ˌnän-ˈvī-ə-bəl

Synonyms of nonviable next

: 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.—

Timothy Jost

Examples of nonviable in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web One of the bans -- called SB 8 -- prohibits abortions after cardiac activity is detected, which generally occurs at around six weeks of pregnancy, keeping several plaintiffs from accessing care despite their pregnancies being nonviable, according to the suit. —

Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 28 Nov. 2023 This is why, over the past 10 years, manufacturing gallium has become essentially economically nonviable outside China. —

Laura He, CNN, 11 Oct. 2023 At the conference, JK had been scheduled to present preclinical data, involving mice, monkeys, and nonviable human embryos. —

Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2023 These conceptions are almost always nonviable and need to be removed from the uterus.1 Fortunately, molar pregnancies rarely impact future pregnancies. —

wendy Wisner, Parents, 15 Sep. 2023 One of the bans -- called SB 8 -- prohibits abortions after cardiac activity is detected, which kept several plaintiffs from accessing care despite their pregnancies being nonviable, according to the suit. —

Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2023 There are also exceptions for life-threatening conditions such as ectopic pregnancies, when a fertilized egg implants outside the uterus, making the pregnancy nonviable and dangerous; and for molar pregnancies, another nonviable compilation when a tumor forms in the uterus. —

Tori Otten, The New Republic, 25 Apr. 2023 The Texas law makes no exception for nonviable pregnancies. —

Sarah Varney, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2023 Read more Pence supports banning abortions for nonviable pregnancies, backing stricter laws than his GOP rivals. —

USA TODAY, 18 July 2023 See More

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