unworkable

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unworkable

adjective more unworkable · most unworkable

  1. Not operable; not practical; unmanageable. Near-synonyms: infeasible, untenable, unusable

    Similar: inoperable, nonworking, infeasible, untenable, unusable · Opposite: workable, practicable

  2. of raw materials Not suitable or amenable for being manipulated or transformed. Near-synonyms: unprocessable, unusable

    Similar: unprocessable, unusable

noun unworkables

  1. Something that is not workable, or cannot be made to work. The building of the consensus group, however, forced these interests to distinguish annoying features of the law from unworkable ones, and the list of the unworkables steadily dwindled.

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adj not workable

Españolinviable, irrealizable, inhacedero, no factible
Françaisinexécutable
Ελληνικάανεφάρμοστος anefármostos
Русскийнесбы́точный nesbýtočnyj

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@misc{unworkable_2026,
  title = {unworkable},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unworkable},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}