unworkable

About 0.52 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Not workable. Not operable; not practical; unmanageable.

   These plans seem unworkable; moreover, a budget for their implementation remains a fantasy.

2. adjective Not operable; not practical; unmanageable.

   These plans seem unworkable; moreover, a budget for their implementation remains a fantasy.

3. adjective Not suitable or amenable for being manipulated or transformed.

   unworkable soils; unworkable clays; unworkable metals

4. noun Something that is not workable, or cannot be made to work.

Similar words

impracticable unfeasible impossible infeasible unmanageable inapplicable inoperable impractical untenable inconceivable

Often followed by

and in because or for as by if system

Word family

unworkabilities unworkability unworkably