How to Use unplayable in a Sentence
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That makes him all but unplayable with a same-sider on the mound.
—Michael Beller, SI.com, 14 Feb. 2018
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Eloy Jimenez put his hands up to claim the ball was unplayable.
—La Velle E. Neal Iii, Star Tribune, 15 Sep. 2020
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The game was called after five innings due to rain and an unplayable field.
—J.c. Carnahan, OrlandoSentinel.com, 22 May 2018
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At the time of his actions, the greens were firming up and the course was becoming more and more unplayable.
—Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 19 June 2018
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Players on prepaid phone plans were now stuck with a game that was now unplayable.
—Bynicholas Gordon, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2022
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Some teams, such as the Twins and White Sox, missed three days straight of baseball due to unplayable conditions.
—Charlotte Carroll, SI.com, 18 Apr. 2018
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At college his beloved trumpet was found to be so leaky and full of gunk that it was declared unplayable.
—The Economist, 1 Feb. 2018
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This megakeyboard, of course, is unplayable — and any pianist will tell you that the black keys are rendered a little too small.
—Valeria Ricciulli, Curbed, 4 May 2021
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The original album was highly arranged, to the point where half of it was unplayable live.
—Courtney Devores, charlotteobserver, 14 June 2017
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At one point, helicopters were brought in to try and help dry more than a handful of fairways that were deemed unplayable.
—Dallas News, 9 May 2022
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Also, players can declare a ball to be unplayable in a bunker, take a two-shot penalty and play from outside the bunker.
—Doug Ferguson, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Mar. 2018
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Sanchez was almost unplayable in the latter stages and twice could have scored himself but for a pair of tame finishes.
—USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2017
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Because of rain, the leaders’ tee times were pushed up by nearly four hours in an effort to get the round in before the course became unplayable.
—Janie McCauley, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Sep. 2022
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Woods took a double-bogey on the fifth hole because his second shot sailed into the trees over the green and into an unplayable lie.
—Jesse Smithey, Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2018
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Either the fields are damp and unplayable or the pitchers are freezing and can’t really showcase their skills.
—Lori Riley, courant.com, 20 Apr. 2018
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Wilcox, the Bengals third-string tight end, had to replace a 14-year veteran who had never had an unplayable snap.
—Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 11 Sep. 2022
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Both efforts were futile, which forced him to take an unplayable lie that cost him another stroke.
—Tim Reynolds, ajc, 11 Apr. 2021
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Medvedev seemed unplayable, taking the first two sets comfortably.
—Aarron Spinley, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
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The 33-year-old has scored 31 goals in all competitions so far -- albeit down on his usual haul -- and looked unplayable at times against Napoli.
—Ben Church, CNN, 13 Aug. 2020
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In previous years, flooding made the field unplayable days after rain storms.
—Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2018
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After a 90-minute delay, umpires decided to call the game because the field was unplayable.
—Arthur L. MacK, al, 26 Jan. 2023
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The 2016 Hall of Fame Game was canceled because the artificial turf in Canton was unplayable.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2019
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Even Doug McDermott, who hadn't been a threat other than catch-and-shoot at the arc before this season, was deemed unplayable in the playoffs in each of the past 2 seasons.
—J. Michael, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Apr. 2021
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The result was nigh unplayable, thanks to constant multi-second pauses and chugs.
—Sam MacHkovech and Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 5 Oct. 2022
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The field was deemed unplayable to resume action Saturday night.
—Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 13 June 2021
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His only bad swing of the day came off the tee on No. 18 and resulted in an unplayable lie, eventually leading to his lone bogey of the round.
—Brent Kennedy, baltimoresun.com, 27 Oct. 2021
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The call came a matter of minutes after 11 p.m. from the NYPL office, that the game was canceled due to unplayable field conditions.
—Randy McRoberts, The Aegis, 6 Sep. 2017
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The disc golf course has become overgrown, has little signage and is unplayable, according to a review of the course by a local group.
—Sue Kiesewetter, Cincinnati.com, 30 June 2017
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That was Sinner on Sunday: waiting out Medvedev’s unplayable hot streak, then taking control.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2024
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And the Patriots switched from natural grass to turf at Gillette Stadium in the middle of the 2006 season after the field became a muddy, unplayable mess (losing to the Jets was the final straw).
—Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
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