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Recent Examples of unviable
The former Club name and leader in custom chips has had an incredible 57% rally so far in 2026, which is precisely why Jim sees this as an unviable stock to purchase right now.
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Paulina Likos, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2026
Under local law, most new apartment buildings are required to set aside a percentage of affordable units — but the city granted a waiver for this project, arguing that requiring affordable units or fees would have made the project financially unviable.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026
Sources told Reuters that the project was figuratively sunk by lack of client demand and unviable economics for reasons that could also plague Musk’s orbital facilities.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 2 Apr. 2026
Instead, the embryo was growing inside her right fallopian tube, a placement that made the pregnancy unviable and posed a significant threat to Hall’s health — and life — if left untreated.
—Emily Brindley
health Reporter, Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026
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Paulina Likos, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2026
Under local law, most new apartment buildings are required to set aside a percentage of affordable units — but the city granted a waiver for this project, arguing that requiring affordable units or fees would have made the project financially unviable.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026
Sources told Reuters that the project was figuratively sunk by lack of client demand and unviable economics for reasons that could also plague Musk’s orbital facilities.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 2 Apr. 2026
Instead, the embryo was growing inside her right fallopian tube, a placement that made the pregnancy unviable and posed a significant threat to Hall’s health — and life — if left untreated.
—Emily Brindley
health Reporter, Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unviable
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Few Western democracies are willing to embrace the kind of highly restrictive model that would make circumvention nearly impossible.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
19 June 2026
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Airbus engineers added an extra fuel tank and extended the aircraft’s range by approximately 1,000 nautical miles, allowing the planes to fly routes that were once technically impossible.—
Jake McGowan,
CNN Money,
19 June 2026
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The Ambriz brothers’ creative pursuit of the unpopular and the unfeasible has bonded them with Del Toro.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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Once home to the annual Festival of British Eventing (declared in 2023 to be ‘unfeasible to run’ by Mark and Peter Phillips), Gatcombe has played a key part in Princess Anne’s royal career.—
Stephanie Bridger-Linning,
Glamour,
6 June 2026
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But if walking was really unworkable, why was Apple Maps offering me a route?—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
11 June 2026
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The Observer previously reported the program became financially unworkable after court rulings required most citation revenue to go to schools.—
Nora O'Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
11 May 2026
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For their part, do politicians and agency leaders like it when their pet projects are assessed by intelligence as unwise or infeasible?—
Gregory F. Treverton,
The Conversation,
8 June 2026
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California’s experience with 2021’s Senate Bill 9, which legalized duplexes on single-family lots, showed that cities responded by adopting additional design standards and minimum lot size requirements, making many projects financially or physically infeasible.—
Christina Mojica,
Oc Register,
26 May 2026
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Steer clear of impracticable, luxurious purchases that might tempt you.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
8 May 2026
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If adjudication is impracticable, a state may destroy the prize after all possible measures are taken to ensure the safety of its passengers and crew.—
Jill Goldenziel,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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During a late April town hall featuring the independent candidates, Getty, Macías and Sigcho-López all said nonviable candidates should drop out to consolidate votes against Republicans and Patty García.—
Jack O'Connor,
Chicago Tribune,
26 May 2026
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The vet team amputated nonviable tissue from the tegu's tongue.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
30 Jan. 2026
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The trouble was that their official away shirts provided by Le Coq Sportif were made of a very heavy fabric, wildly impractical given the game kicked off at noon under the blazing Mexico City sun.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
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Those experiments were once widely dismissed as impractical, and Joby has faced similar skepticism.—
Randy Tucker,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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After Mexico suffered a crushing 3-0 defeat to Sweden, their hopes of advancing hinged on South Korea’s team pulling off an unlikely victory over Germany.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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Joining Merlin the duck in the pantheon of heart-stealers is Osito, an 8-year-old rescue poodle mix who's become an unlikely sensation after arriving at Mexico’s opening match perched on the back of a cargo bicycle, dressed in a Mexico jersey, sunglasses and a cap.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 June 2026
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“Unviable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unviable. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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