Unworkable
adj, noun
adj, noun ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 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."
Adjective
- 1 Not workable.; Not operable; not practical; unmanageable.
"Near-synonyms: infeasible, untenable, unusable"
- 2 Not workable.; Not suitable or amenable for being manipulated or transformed.
"Near-synonyms: unprocessable, unusable"
Adjective
- 1 not capable of being carried out or put into practice wordnet
Example
More examples"What must be done if the plan proves unworkable?"
Etymology
From un- + workable.