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Recent Examples of unworkable But that level of pay can still be unworkable for lower-income households. Renata Daou, Hartford Courant, 16 Dec. 2024 The White House ultimately rejected that as unworkable. Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 6 Dec. 2024 The legislation was approved by Australian lawmakers on Thursday with the aim of protecting the mental health of children online, despite opposition from tech companies who claim the rules are unworkable. Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 28 Nov. 2024 The policy was designed to stop immigrants from being wrongly detained, but local leaders have told Newsweek over the past few months that the policy is unworkable, following such an influx of new arrivals to the state. Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for unworkable 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unworkable
Adjective
  • On top of that, Los Angeles is set to host the 2028 Summer Olympics, which may serve as a looming — albeit impractical — deadline for recovery.
    Denise Chow, NBC News, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Developing advanced tools entirely in-house is often impractical for financial institutions.
    Rahim Harji, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • If that happens, the app will become instantly useless.
    Sabrina Moreno, Axios, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Without updates, the TikTok app will eventually be rendered useless for creators.
    Veronica Ramirez, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The following year, regulators ruled that the company is unsuitable to operate its casinos in Sydney and Queensland, placing them under government supervision.
    Yessar Rosendar, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
  • That's because Blue Origin aims to recover the first stage of the New Glenn rocket, and sea states in the Atlantic Ocean have been unsuitable for an initial attempt to catch the first stage booster on a drone ship.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 11 Jan. 2025

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“Unworkable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unworkable. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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