Is the war in Ukraine unwinnable?
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Unwinnable
Synonyms for "unwinnable" (3 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (1)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (1)
Adjective(1 words)
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Translations
11 translations across 10 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 一場無法取勝 /一场无法取胜 adj (unable to be won)
Danish
1 entries- umulig at vinde adj (unable to be won)
Finnish
1 entries- voittamaton adj (unable to be won)
German
2 entries- nicht zu gewinnen adj (unable to be won)
- nicht zu gewinnend adj (unable to be won)
Hungarian
1 entries- megnyerhetetlen adj (unable to be won)
Italian
1 entries- impossibile da vincere adj (unable to be won)
Japanese
1 entries- 得られない adj (unable to be won)
Russian
1 entries- заведомо проигрышную adj (unable to be won)
Spanish
1 entries- inganable adj (unable to be won)
Turkish
1 entries- kazanması imkânsız adj (unable to be won)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
The “Zarfian Cruelty Scale” rates games as Merciful, Polite, Tough, Nasty, or Cruel. The scale describes how works of IF become unwinnable, especially how and when the interactor (here a player, and one trying to win) learns this.
Source: wiktionary
This does mitigate the problem of the game playing itself, but it doesn't change the fact that at higher levels a lot of the games are either unwinnable or unloseable depending on the luck of "obey" or "disobey".
Source: wiktionary
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