unworkable
adjective
un·work·able
ˌən-ˈwər-kə-bəl 
: not workable : impractical
an unworkable plan/solution
Examples of unworkable in a Sentence
the company decided that the proposed reorganization of its operations was unworkable due to high costs
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So, yes, as unworkable as this plan might seem for the Palestinian group, a Hamas assent is entirely plausible.
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Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2025
The company said extended costs and litigation have made the deal unworkable.
—Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
But in his lengthy post, Trump suggested demands from Democrats to keep the government open were unworkable and more broadly railed against the party’s agenda.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 23 Sep. 2025
Ideas that seemed intriguing in the salons of Paris—ideas like dividing the whole country up into eighty-one uniform squares, each administered as a unit of local government—turned out to be ridiculously unworkable.
—Paul Kingsnorth, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
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Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2025
The company said extended costs and litigation have made the deal unworkable.
—Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
But in his lengthy post, Trump suggested demands from Democrats to keep the government open were unworkable and more broadly railed against the party’s agenda.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 23 Sep. 2025
Ideas that seemed intriguing in the salons of Paris—ideas like dividing the whole country up into eighty-one uniform squares, each administered as a unit of local government—turned out to be ridiculously unworkable.
—Paul Kingsnorth, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Unworkable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unworkable. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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