How to Use unplayable in a Sentence

unplayable

adjective

• That makes him all but unplayable with a same-sider on the mound.
  — Michael Beller, SI.com, 14 Feb. 2018
• Eloy Jimenez put his hands up to claim the ball was unplayable.
  — La Velle E. Neal Iii, Star Tribune, 15 Sep. 2020
• The game was called after five innings due to rain and an unplayable field.
  — J.c. Carnahan, OrlandoSentinel.com, 22 May 2018
• 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
• Players on prepaid phone plans were now stuck with a game that was now unplayable.
  — Bynicholas Gordon, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2022
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The original album was highly arranged, to the point where half of it was unplayable live.
  — Courtney Devores, charlotteobserver, 14 June 2017
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Both efforts were futile, which forced him to take an unplayable lie that cost him another stroke.
  — Tim Reynolds, ajc, 11 Apr. 2021
• Medvedev seemed unplayable, taking the first two sets comfortably.
  — Aarron Spinley, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
• 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
• In previous years, flooding made the field unplayable days after rain storms.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2018
• After a 90-minute delay, umpires decided to call the game because the field was unplayable.
  — Arthur L. MacK, al, 26 Jan. 2023
• The 2016 Hall of Fame Game was canceled because the artificial turf in Canton was unplayable.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2019
• 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
• The result was nigh unplayable, thanks to constant multi-second pauses and chugs.
  — Sam MacHkovech and Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 5 Oct. 2022
• The field was deemed unplayable to resume action Saturday night.
  — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 13 June 2021
• 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
• 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
• 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
• That was Sinner on Sunday: waiting out Medvedev’s unplayable hot streak, then taking control.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2024
• 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

Last Updated: 5 Aug 2024