unworkable
adjective
un·work·able
ˌən-ˈwər-kə-bəl 
: not workable : impractical
an unworkable plan/solution
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Examples of unworkable in a Sentence
the company decided that the proposed reorganization of its operations was unworkable due to high costs
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Official portraits of Donald Trump, JD Vance are released
That will eventually render the app unworkable, the Justice Department has said in court filings.
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Alix Martichoux, The Hill, 18 Jan. 2025
That will eventually render the app unworkable, the Justice Department said in court filings.
—Mae Anderson, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
This proposal also would have given the US government unprecedented kill-switch authority over the platform, but the White House eventually declined that as unworkable.
—Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 17 Jan. 2025
But as the insurance math becomes unworkable in wider bigger swathes of the country, FAIR Plans won’t be a tenable solution.
—Alana Semuels, TIME, 9 Jan. 2025
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Alix Martichoux, The Hill, 18 Jan. 2025
That will eventually render the app unworkable, the Justice Department said in court filings.
—Mae Anderson, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
This proposal also would have given the US government unprecedented kill-switch authority over the platform, but the White House eventually declined that as unworkable.
—Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 17 Jan. 2025
But as the insurance math becomes unworkable in wider bigger swathes of the country, FAIR Plans won’t be a tenable solution.
—Alana Semuels, TIME, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Unworkable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unworkable. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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