nonviable

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Recent Examples of nonviable Thus, access to some of the most effective contraceptive methods could be jeopardized at a time when the right to terminate an unintended or nonviable pregnancy has been rolled back in much of the country. Carol S. Weisman, The Conversation, 23 June 2025 The pregnancy is nonviable, and can be life-threatening if not removed. Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 19 June 2025 But if a planning pause was also directed, that could cause offensive options to become stale and therefore nonviable. Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025 This type of pregnancy is nonviable and may be life-threatening if it is not treated. Corey Whelan, Verywell Health, 24 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nonviable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonviable
Adjective
  • Less than three minutes later, Sam Reinhart scored for the fourth game in a row and the 300th time in his career, blasting an impossible angle shot off DeSmith’s pads and into the cage.
    Adam H. Beasley, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2025
  • So the famous scramble crossing is impossible.
    Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 2 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • The Empresa was discarded as unworkable — and not just because Spain was busy elsewhere.
    Big Think, Big Think, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Louisiana says law is 'unworkable and unconstitutional' Louisiana, which months ago defended the map legislators drew to include two majority-Black districts, now rejects it.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • This wide range makes ACBs viable for applications previously considered infeasible for Li batteries, such as devices in deserts or polar regions.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2025
  • To break the encryption would mean finding a fast solution to these supposedly infeasible problems, an act that would overturn a foundational assumption of modern math.
    Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • One of the biggest threats to U.S. mineral security is China’s strategy of flooding the market with excess supply, which has driven prices so low that mines in the U.S. and Australia become unviable, according to a report released Monday by the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
    Dylan Butts, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Israeli leaders have reacted furiously, taking steps to render any such entity unviable.
    Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • McFadden has his own plan to reopen the jail — one that the state called unfeasible.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2025
  • One difficulty with this approach is that putting a cold plate on every single heat-producing component in a server is unfeasible.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Sanders’ proclamations state that conducting an election to meet that requirement was both impracticable and unduly burdensome, without further explaining her reasoning.
    John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2025
  • One is a single state with equal rights for Palestinians and Jews, which would be wonderful but is simply impracticable given attitudes on both sides.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • If there’s a force majeure clause in the new rights contracts that allows the NBA’s media partners to temporarily halt running sportsbook ads when an unforeseeable event makes such airings impractical, it’s hidden under a tide of black ink.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Robots have become indispensable in environments where high radiation or structural complexity makes human intervention dangerous or impractical.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • This funny tale of unlikely heroism can be enjoyed either as a read-aloud or as a confidence booster for newly independent readers.
    Caroline Carlson, Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
  • In a new investigation, the New Yorker staff writer Ava Kofman reports from the small town of Yemassee, South Carolina, about the macaque mass exodus—which fuelled an unlikely alliance between animal-rights proponents and the MAGA movement.
    David Remnick, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025

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“Nonviable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonviable. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.

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