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US
/ənˈwɝkəbəɫ/
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[ UK /ʌnwˈɜːkəbəl/ ]
[ UK /ʌnwˈɜːkəbəl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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not capable of being carried out or put into practice
refloating the sunken ship proved impracticable because of its fragility
a suggested reform that was unfeasible in the prevailing circumstances
How To Use unworkable In A Sentence
- The energy giants have played hardball - and a scheme to make them fund the handouts has proved unworkable. The Sun
- Investigations at the site found that key elements of the automatic hose system had been unworkable. Times, Sunday Times
- She said that she had worn the dress after the outfit she first chose proved unworkable with the weather screen. Times, Sunday Times
- This proposal is unfair, unworkable, highly illiberal and probably open to legal challenge. Times, Sunday Times
- Negotiations reconvene one day after the top Republican lawmaker suggested an ambitious effort to trim future indebtedness by more than $4 trillion may be unworkable.
- I don't want to use the term 'overreach,' " Dunn told me, pausing for effect, "but the broad nature of the proposed regulations, both in terms of who they apply to, this gigantic universe of people, what they consider 'children's programming,' the unworkable, impracticable standards they use in their nutritional values - that's the issue. NPR Topics: News
- Part 3 introduces a scheme that is unworkable and unprincipled.
- The scheme is expensive, confused, unworkable and unrealistic.
- This idea is fine for those who live alone or as couples but is totally unworkable for families.
- An idea that may also prove unworkable. Times, Sunday Times