unwatchable

adjective

un·​watch·​able ˌən-ˈwä-chə-bəl How to pronounce unwatchable (audio)
-ˈwȯ-
: not suitable or fit for watching : tending to discourage watching
unwatchable TV shows

Examples of unwatchable in a Sentence

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The Pro Bowl Games run Thursday through Sunday in Orlando, Florida, and include skills competitions and a flag football game, replacing a game between the NFC and AFC that had b become practically unwatchable. Ryan Morik, Fox News, 29 Jan. 2025 The entire encounter made Whitfield unwatchable from now on and revealed a colorist dynamic among the rest of the group. Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018 So why did television’s comedy-musical-variety show Saturday Night Live succumb to political bias, ruin itself, and become unwatchable? Armond White, National Review, 1 Jan. 2025 If its structure and script were as unhinged as its style, the film might have been unwatchable. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for unwatchable 

Word History

First Known Use

1886, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unwatchable was in 1886

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“Unwatchable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unwatchable. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.

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