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Recent Examples of unviable
Analysts estimate that 1,000 containers arrive illegally in Indonesia each year, packed with surplus Chinese goods priced so low that local manufacturing becomes unviable.
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Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 14 July 2025
Some want to see basic protections for contraception and in-vitro fertilization treatments codified into law, or more authority given to physicians to care for women with unviable pregnancies.
—Melissa Brown, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
But after the acquisition, the company decided that damage to the property from a previous fire and vandals, along with issues around the building encroaching on property lines with the city, made reopening unviable.
—Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
And when her doctor misdiagnoses her autoimmune flare as stress, or when a hot flash relief drug never reaches pharmacy shelves because it’s deemed financially unviable — these aren’t mere unfortunate accidents.
—Christine Brennan, Boston Herald, 31 May 2025
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Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 14 July 2025
Some want to see basic protections for contraception and in-vitro fertilization treatments codified into law, or more authority given to physicians to care for women with unviable pregnancies.
—Melissa Brown, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
But after the acquisition, the company decided that damage to the property from a previous fire and vandals, along with issues around the building encroaching on property lines with the city, made reopening unviable.
—Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
And when her doctor misdiagnoses her autoimmune flare as stress, or when a hot flash relief drug never reaches pharmacy shelves because it’s deemed financially unviable — these aren’t mere unfortunate accidents.
—Christine Brennan, Boston Herald, 31 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unviable
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Apple has leaned more into natural photographic output, but the extra creative power and the ability to capture impossible shots that the Pixel 10 Pro offers a more attractive story to users.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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For millions of elderly or disabled people, these were daunting or impossible options.—
Eli Hager,
ProPublica,
8 Sep. 2025
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Now the redistricting plan had to clear the state Senate, where a substantial Republican majority made a similar quorum break unfeasible.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
2 Sep. 2025
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Scott said that inmates participating in the program were supposed to be monitored for 15 minutes to ensure the medication was properly administered and absorbed, but that this became unfeasible due to the large number of inmates involved in the program, along with staffing shortages.—
Perry Vandell,
AZCentral.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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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
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The Ohio Library Council argues the vague language is unworkable and infringes on intellectual freedom.—
Sheridan Hendrix,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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According to Dye and members of LaCava’s staff, LaCava noted that past attempts to move animals from the beach had been unsuccessful or deemed infeasible.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Aug. 2025
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But automating a radiologist’s entire diagnostic job was infeasible because CheXpert was not equipped to process the ancillary medical histories, conversations, and diagnostic data that radiologists rely on for interpreting scans.—
David Autor,
The Atlantic,
24 Aug. 2025
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Ultimately, the lethargic Soviet economy could not sustain Moscow’s imperial adventures and impracticable projects.—
S. C. M. Paine,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Aug. 2025
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Few school districts will be able to afford costly litigation over opt-out rights or to divert resources to administering impracticable notice and opt-out systems for individual students.—
Stephen L. Carter,
Mercury News,
8 July 2025
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Such pregnancies are nonviable and can be fatal to the mother.—
Peter Slevin,
New Yorker,
1 Sep. 2025
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Experts who reviewed ProPublica’s data wondered if the increase in transfusions might be driven by more women experiencing complications of ectopic or molar pregnancies, rare nonviable pregnancies in which the likelihood of a blood transfusion is much higher than for a spontaneous miscarriage.—
Andrea Suozzo,
ProPublica,
1 July 2025
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But, because mange often accompanies secondary infections and nutritional imbalances, treatment in the wild is impractical, making the work at Walden's Puddle and other rehabilitation facilities all the more important, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency Communications Manager Jason Harmon said.—
Katie Nixon,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Sep. 2025
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The internet faced ridicule for its impractical nature during its initial development phase.—
Sadhasivam Mohanadas,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The comedic murder-mystery series following three unlikely neighbors — Charles (Steve Martin), Oliver (Martin Short) and Mabel (Selena Gomez) — who bond over their obsession with true crime podcasts.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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The upshot is that France’s fiscal mess is unlikely to be fixed anytime soon.—
Saskya Vandoorne,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Unviable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unviable. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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