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Adjective
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But as the demonstration began to wind down, police and protest organizers sparred over the number of arrests as the organizers sought to show that the law was unworkable.—
Danica Kirka,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Aug. 2025 -
Taxpayers can’t help but notice when astronauts are stranded in space, faulty planes are cleared to fly and the student-loan system becomes all but unworkable.—
Bloomberg Opinion,
Twin Cities,
14 May 2025
Adjective
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Bathrooms and kitchens can become unusable, impacting diet and personal hygiene.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN Money,
9 Aug. 2025
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But this doesn’t mean budget cookware is patently unusable.—
Wilder Davies,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
30 July 2025
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This process is largely ineffective at temperatures under 18,000 degrees Fahrenheit (10,000 degrees Celsius).—
Perri Thaler,
Space.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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That’s where the sandwich comes in — a mockery of the military presence, so obviously ineffective that it was supposed to make the whole situation look stupid.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Infrastructure is useless without operators who can manage it.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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The deals typically provide revenue for the host community while enabling the solar industry to cover essentially useless land with solar panels rather than taking out-of-service farmland, open fields or similar space.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
5 Aug. 2025
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Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images Bertie Carvel as Cornelius Fudge The Doctor Foster and The Crown actor will portray the bumbling and ineffectual Minister for Magic during Harry's time at Hogwarts.—
Marni Rose McFall
Daniel Orton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 July 2025
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From the April 2024 issue: A bloody retelling of Huckleberry Finn During the Civil War, Twain saw brief, ineffectual combat in a Confederate militia.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
9 May 2025
Adjective
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Yet even in this willfully unproductive use of leisure time, work hovers overhead like a ghost.—
Julie Beck,
The Atlantic,
14 Aug. 2025
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Allow that the firing of a career bureaucrat may have been unfair and unproductive.—
George Calhoun,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Course of trade in the oil industry often leaves the public on the hook for nonproductive well cleanup costs, including capping.—
Andrew Leahey,
Forbes,
7 Jan. 2025
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Bring The Office Closer To Them As populations grow, the real challenge of coming to the office is long commute times and the resulting nonproductive cycles.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
14 Oct. 2024
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“Deadlocked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deadlocked. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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