unworkable

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un·work·a·ble

(ŭn-wûr′kə-bəl)

adj.

Not workable, especially not capable of being put into practice successfully; not practicable: an unworkable scheme.

un·work′a·bil′i·ty, un·work′a·ble·ness n.

un·work′a·bly adv.

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unworkable

(ʌnˈwɜːkəbəl)

adj

not practicable or feasible

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Adj.

unworkable - not capable of being carried out or put into practice; "refloating the sunken ship proved impracticable because of its fragility"; "a suggested reform that was unfeasible in the prevailing circumstances"

impracticable, infeasible, unfeasible

impossible - not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with; "an impossible dream"; "an impossible situation"

unworkable

adjective impracticable, unfeasible, unachievable, impossible, out of the question, unattainable Washington is unhappy with the peace plan, which it views as unworkable.

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unworkable

adjective

1. Not capable of happening or being done:

impossible, impracticable, impractical, unattainable, unrealizable, unthinkable.

Idiom: out of the question.

2. Incapable of being used or availed of to advantage:

impracticable, impractical, unnegotiable, unserviceable, unusable, useless.

Translations

irrealizzabile

unworkable

[ˈʌnˈwɜːkəbl] ADJ

1. [plan, suggestion] → impracticable, no viable

2. [mine] → inexplotable

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

unworkable

[ˌʌnˈwɜː^rkəb^əl] adj [plan, proposal, system, law] → impraticable

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

unworkable

adj scheme, idea → undurchführbar; law → nicht durchsetzbar; land → nicht nutzbar; (Min) mine → nicht abbaubar

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

unworkable

[ʌnˈwɜːkəbl] adj (plan) → inattuabile

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