unscalable

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unscalable

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From un- + scalable.

adjective unscaleable

  1. not comparable Not scalable, that cannot be climbed. […] Remember, sir, my liege, The kings your ancestors, together with The natural bravery of your isle, which stands As Neptune’s park, ribbed and paled in With rocks unscalable and roaring waters, With sands that will not bear your enemies' boats, But suck them up to the topmast. […]
  2. not comparable Not scalable, that cannot be changed in scale. The idea has its detractors. Skeptics argue the whole idea is unscalable, and that large vertical farms would be insatiable consumers of energy to keep the plants lit, healthy, and harvested […]

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@misc{unscalable_2026,
  title = {unscalable},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unscalable},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}