unwatchable
adjective
un·watch·able
ˌən-ˈwä-chə-bəl 
-ˈwȯ-
: not suitable or fit for watching : tending to discourage watching
unwatchable TV shows
Examples of unwatchable in a Sentence
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If this is true, users of budget hardware will soon be able to enjoy video streams previously unwatchable on their devices while consuming less mobile data.
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Paul Monckton, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
This week’s Saturday Night Live kicked things off with a damn near unwatchable parody of CBS’ NFL broadcast before Dakota Johnson took the stage looking absolutely incredible, dressed in a number that recalled Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s black jumpsuit in Fleabag.
—Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 28 Jan. 2024
Hoke eventually produced a boring, unwatchable product to show in a new theater.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Nov. 2023
By no means does that ranking make the film bad or not good or unwatchable.
—Evan Romano, Men's Health, 20 July 2023
The Wolverines were on the bubble for an NCAA Tournament bid before Thursday’s game, and those hopes obviously evaporated with an unwatchable second half.
—Shakeia Taylor, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2023
This central conflict yielded an unwatchable film (The Leisure Class) but a compelling and frustrating season of nonfiction TV that presaged Hollywood’s biggest controversies of the last decade, from Time’s Up to #OscarsSoWhite.
—Time, 13 July 2023
The man is the definition of a dweeb and made an already insufferable season completely unwatchable.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2023
This ’70s-era genre may be fondly remembered by directors such as Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez, but these cheap flicks often inhabited a spot on the cinematic spectrum between god-awful and unwatchable.
—Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2023
Paul Monckton, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
This week’s Saturday Night Live kicked things off with a damn near unwatchable parody of CBS’ NFL broadcast before Dakota Johnson took the stage looking absolutely incredible, dressed in a number that recalled Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s black jumpsuit in Fleabag.
—Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 28 Jan. 2024
Hoke eventually produced a boring, unwatchable product to show in a new theater.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Nov. 2023
By no means does that ranking make the film bad or not good or unwatchable.
—Evan Romano, Men's Health, 20 July 2023
The Wolverines were on the bubble for an NCAA Tournament bid before Thursday’s game, and those hopes obviously evaporated with an unwatchable second half.
—Shakeia Taylor, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2023
This central conflict yielded an unwatchable film (The Leisure Class) but a compelling and frustrating season of nonfiction TV that presaged Hollywood’s biggest controversies of the last decade, from Time’s Up to #OscarsSoWhite.
—Time, 13 July 2023
The man is the definition of a dweeb and made an already insufferable season completely unwatchable.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2023
This ’70s-era genre may be fondly remembered by directors such as Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez, but these cheap flicks often inhabited a spot on the cinematic spectrum between god-awful and unwatchable.
—Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2023
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“Unwatchable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unwatchable. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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