as in impractical
not capable of being put to use or account
the company decided that the proposed reorganization of its operations was unworkable due to high costs
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Recent Examples of unworkable
This time, the duo is venturing into a new endeavor: helping desperate homeowners breathe fresh life into their seemingly unworkable abodes.
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Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2024
This a new team deathmatch mode with talent cards that augment abilities, giving us another taste of what the (ultimately unworkable) initial vision for PvE would have been like.
—Kris Holt, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Chandra Wallace:So as companies are starting to implement this and starting to discover maybe how unworkable some of these rules might be, is 90 days enough time to give taxpayers to comment on 600 pages of rules?
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
The bread debacle can seem like a straw man designed to make the whole system look pointless and unworkable.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2024
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Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2024
This a new team deathmatch mode with talent cards that augment abilities, giving us another taste of what the (ultimately unworkable) initial vision for PvE would have been like.
—Kris Holt, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Chandra Wallace:So as companies are starting to implement this and starting to discover maybe how unworkable some of these rules might be, is 90 days enough time to give taxpayers to comment on 600 pages of rules?
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
The bread debacle can seem like a straw man designed to make the whole system look pointless and unworkable.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unworkable
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Trying to dampen political polarization in the news and on social media would be an obvious approach—although an impractical one, the two say, given how polarization has marketplace benefits in boosting audience sizes, engagement and political donations.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Consultants have traditionally filled this gap by providing impartial assessments, yet external advisors may miss crucial insights into a company’s products, culture or internal processes, leading to high-cost, impractical recommendations.Glen Robinson, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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This is a fashion collab designed for women’s bodies to be looked at, but the functionality is useless.Jamie Aranoff, Outside Online, 12 Dec. 2024
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It was built on NBA men who subsidized that useless league for decades.Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Dec. 2024
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Human services settings can suffer tremendously from unsuitable employees, who may jeopardize the health, safety or dignity of those in their care.Debra Rinell, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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That alone makes rainbow eucalyptus unsuitable for most yards, but this Southeast Asia native is also an invasive pest in the southernmost portions of the U.S. To avoid issues, some people are growing rainbow eucalyptus indoors.Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Unworkable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unworkable. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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