unplayable

adjective

un·play·able ˌən-ˈplā-ə-bəl

: not capable of being played or suitable to be played : not playable

a golf course rendered unplayable by heavy rains

dealt an unplayable card

music so complex as to be almost unplayable

Service is my strong point at tennis. I am inaccurate, but vigorous, and occasionally send in a quite unplayable shot.—

P. G. Wodehouse

found the ball in an unplayable lie [=a position that does not allow a shot to be made]

Examples of unplayable in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Soto’s three-run double against reliever Andrew Chafin broke a 2-2 tie in the bottom of the seventh and proved to be the game-winner in a contest called after 7 ½ innings due to an unplayable field. —

Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 5 May 2024 The card belongs to a special set of Magic cards called the Power Nine — expensive, rare, but unplayable cards that are incredibly busted. —

Ash Parrish, The Verge, 6 May 2024 So games that came out on those older consoles are unplayable for a lot of people. —

Quartz Staff, Quartz, 16 Apr. 2024 The showrunners also made sure to include The Ghoul, an unplayable character in the games. —

Marah Eakin, WIRED, 11 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for unplayable

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