unwatchable
adjective
un·watch·able
ˌən-ˈwä-chə-bəl 
-ˈwȯ-
: not suitable or fit for watching : tending to discourage watching
unwatchable TV shows
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There’s gonna be times, there’s gonna be some tough games, there’s gonna be some unwatchable games.
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Nick Friedell, New York Times, 17 June 2026
This was coming off a first season that was so unwatchable that even the network president trashed it.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 4 June 2026
Years of degrading the Star Wars legacy with terrible, unwatchable streaming series and the disappointing end of the previous trilogy have taken their toll.
—Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026
The offense has blurred the lines between inconsistent and borderline unwatchable.
—Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2026
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Nick Friedell, New York Times, 17 June 2026
This was coming off a first season that was so unwatchable that even the network president trashed it.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 4 June 2026
Years of degrading the Star Wars legacy with terrible, unwatchable streaming series and the disappointing end of the previous trilogy have taken their toll.
—Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026
The offense has blurred the lines between inconsistent and borderline unwatchable.
—Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for unwatchable
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“Unwatchable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unwatchable. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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