un·act·able
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Definition of unactable
: not capable of or suitable for being performed or portrayed : not actable
Stanley Kubrick, the director, has said of Nicholson that he brings to a role the one unactable quality—great intelligence.— Ron Rosenbaum an unactable script/play
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“Unactable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unactable. Accessed 1 Jul. 2022.
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